The Freedom Trap: Why Escaping the System Won’t Set You Free

On the biggest myth of borderless living.

The sunset is unreal, pink melting into orange. Waves roll in, predictable as clockwork. A laptop is open, unread emails stacking up. Thirty days left on the visa. Rent payment due. Maybe Bali next. Maybe Mexico City. Maybe somewhere cheaper—or somewhere expensive for a while. Maybe somewhere familiar. Or less so.

The nomad dream is alive, but it won’t s…