Is it true freedom? Or is the final prison? That question only could be answered if we lived our live in meaning, or at least with some experience added.
Maybe death is not freedom at all. Those that believe in an afterlife are containing themselves to limitation after all, aren't they? They are saying that "my future is what I can imagine now" - like a child predicting what adulthood will be, without evidence. They base it on what they know, not what could be, and unlimited freedom is unimaginable.
Only the ones that continue, could take our memories. Their memories about ourself.
Yes. Our legacy.
Yes. It does worth it. Every time. Even if it only a one way street
I am only a few months behind you in age and while I believe it is worth it, I also think that the "worth" is not equal for all. For some of us at least, we are trading our value for comfort, lowering our worth.
Yes. No one can say that freedom really exists "outside" of your tangible world. The reality is one thing. What goes beyond it, we can say whatever we "want" that uncertain is it's purest form.
Yes. And its awful to testimony from the outside. So many decisions are made, only concern the immediate pleasure or comfort.