I would say exactly at this moment. Seriously. I have more obligations than when I was younger, but they don't feel restrictive in any way. I have more love and more money in my life right now than I thought possible until very recently, and these things are both quite liberating. This certainly isn't as romantic as thinking about the open road as a youngster, but I wouldn't trade my life now for the one I had where I used to follow around Phish and scrounge for enough money to buy a grilled cheese in the parking lot. That was fun as hell, but my options were limited. Right now, I can go anywhere, do anything I want. mk and I are on our way to a business trip oversees in a couple weeks. What's freer than a free trip with a good friend to an awesome part of the world to go freely talk about science with a bunch of other science nerds who are there for the same reason? Life couldn't get any better, I'm afraid.