Thank you, I'm very happy that this has resonated with you. You're right, freeform really is a mindset. I'll take a mindset over a ruleset any day! I think the key is to just allow yourself to be completely free, and remember there's nobody watching, nobody judging. You can play in your imagination however you like. It can be hard to find a system or ruleset that's perfectly suited to your own needs or taste, and when that happens I think it's easy to get side tracked with making your own ruleset or system. (It happened to me! Until I went freeform...) In solo play it's so easy to just go without a strict or stable system - you can just relax and use your imagination, no pressure, no rules, no "wrong way". It's just you and your imagination, and whatever tools and procedures you feel like throwing into the mix on a given day. Since I went freeform I've had far more vivid and amazing sessions than I ever did while using a rulebook. Sometimes people use the phrase "writing with dice" as a kind of insult or takedown, but I actually really love this way of putting it. It's discovering a story as it happens, with some procedurally generated randomness thrown in to keep things surprising. I'm not so interested in HP and XP or endless combat - I just want to "be there" the story-world, really get to know my characters, and have as many big surprises and unexpected experiences as I can trick my imagination into creating.