Ci sono parole che ci portiamo dietro come se fossero medaglie. Una di queste è libertà.. I chased it for years, often without really knowing what it meant to me. I looked for it in glass offices with a badge around my neck, in meeting rooms filled with invisible hierarchies.
I imagined it as a horizon just beyond the next bonus, the next promotion, the next company-branded slide. But at some point, I stopped looking for it out there. And started building it from within.
Becoming an independent consultant wasn’t some bold, heroic move. It was a necessary choice, the outcome of a path that brought me to a crossroads. On one side, the safety of a contract, benefits, someone else’s signature at the bottom of every document. On the other, uncertainty but also the chance to recognize myself in what I do, to choose the projects, the people, the values.
I chose uncertainty.
Here’s the truth: freedom is not what you see in motivational posts.
It’s not waking up late or working from a beach with a MacBook on your lap. It’s responsibility.
It’s building trust, one client at a time.
It’s feeling alone, sometimes.
But also alive.
Because every step you take is yours.
Even the wrong ones.
I’ve learned that freedom is not doing whatever you want.
It’s knowing what you’re willing to give up to stay true to yourself.
It’s learning to say no, even when everything around you pushes you to say yes. It’s creating a space where your work is not about proving something to someone but about building something that matters.
Today I work on projects I believe in.
I sit at the table with entrepreneurs, managers, investors. I bring my perspective, my skills but also my story. I don’t hide behind a corporate mask.
If they call me, it’s because of who I am. Not the title on a business card.
I don’t know if this is what real freedom looks like.
But I know it’s mine.