Upon inspection we will find a series of reactions that take place in the dark. We do not respond intentionally. We react, barely aware of ourselves and what we are doing. What is not a reaction is merely habitual. We do the same things at the same time in the same ways every day.
Internal freedom lies in gaining perspective on what is transpiring within.
With this view we can begin to choose which ideas, feelings and impulses are in our best interest to entertain. But when inner freedom is first we begin to value the choices that are steps in the direction of the aim of freedom. How this manifests in action we cannot know. Perhaps it means choosing not to buy a new car, or perhaps as an exercise, we might choose a color we don't like. In order to be free to act and effect in the world we must be free of our ideas about the world.