Freedom becomes meaningful only when you accept responsibility for what you do with it.

Freedom without ownership of the results is just drifting, and it does not feel free for long. The weight of responsibility is what makes choice meaningful, since a decision that costs you nothing and commits you to nothing is barely a decision at all.

With your next real choice, say out loud what you are taking on if it goes badly. Not as a threat to yourself, but as the thing that makes the choice yours. Ownership is what converts options into a life.