You are, and always were, free to do whatever you chose, but appears you do not understand freedom.
Peace be with you.
I do understand freedom. It's not being enslaved to having to jump through hoops to be saved, to earn God's pardon or mercy or grace.
It's not having to be baptized, go to First communion, go to mass every Sunday without fail being threatened with being told that it's a mortal sin if I don't, it's not having to go to confession and tell a priest all the things wrong I did to make me eligible to take communion, it's not having to make my confirmation, it's not having to offer up prayers for the dead, being told what to think, what to believe, whom to associate with, doing the the stations of the cross, doing the rosary, doing penance, doing whatever the RCC hierarchy decides is the work d'jour to get merit points with God, doing, doing, doing......
Anyone who calls that freedom is far more deceived than they realize.
Oh wait a minute, that servitude to the Catholic church = freedom, is one of those *mysteries* Catholics like to opine about.
If it works for you, have at it. It just isn't going to contribute one iota to your salvation.
Salvation is about forgiveness and mercy and grace and where there is forgiveness, there is no more penalty for sin. It's about being clothed in the righteousness of Christ.
It's about trusting Him that He will do what He says He will do because *It is finished*.