Word of the Day: Free-range
Free-range is used to describe animals that are allowed to roam around in a vast, open space and not confined in a small cage.
You’ll see this most often in grocery stores where you can buy free-range eggs and chicken.
If you see free-range written on a package, it will usually mean that the food is more expensive because people believe that free-range chickens, for example, are healthier and happier than chickens raised in a cage.
I’m not so sure if they taste better or not. I can understand that everybody, chickens included, enjoys being able to get up and go for a walk whenever they want to.
There is also a term free-range humans used to describe people who work online as freelancers, mostly, who can travel and move around as they like while working.
The basic idea is the same as that for the animals. If humans can move around and are not confined to a small office all day, they will be happier. They can an increased quality of life.
Of course, they may still be victims of the rat race, but at least they have a little more freedom than people who are chained to a desk all day long.
I agree with this idea. Many people would love to get out of the office and work from home or
Italy, for example.
The problem is that for many people, freedom is scary. They would prefer the safety of the company to the freedom of being a freelancer.