Merely getting older doesn't instantly translate to more freedom, I personally think the turnpoint is when you can live by your own, pay your own bills, do fulltime jobs, and have your own pet.
For instance right now I can totally flip my sofa upside down and hunker under there with my cat and laptop all day and exactly no one will pipe about it... though I know my body will be sore all over tomorrow morning and I'll be grumpy from having to spend all morning weakly pushing the sofa back into place
Yeah, it's more freedom alright, just not consequence-free freedom