You can have it in any color you want "so long as it is black." Henry Ford
In our lives we are sometimes like Ford - giving ourselves the perception of choice, but actually limiting that choice. The same with public TV, news, etc. You can chose whichever station you want..
Think about the choices you make or don't make on a regular basis - what to eat, where you go, the road you take, the people you interact with, your choice of entertainment. When we look at our lives, it is pretty much Groundhog day with regard to choices.
having the basics in place means that we are free to think or focus on other things. For example, i am not spending a lot of time and energy in the morning deciding what to eat, where, what time to leave home, etc. These are routine, auto-pilot. That means that i have time and space to think about other things.
But like Ford, i limit that freedom to just one (or maybe 2 things) -maybe for you it is work, family, that thing that is going on with so and so, worrying about a loved one, etc.
The mind is infinite - notice how you are using it to repeatedly think the same thoughts.