free will is always there -- provided there is consciousness and awareness behind it
blindly moving forward, unaware of what (or who) is really driving your train
is not the same thing as the "exercise" of free will -- it is simply movement
and unconscious movement is fairly easy to chart and predict
. . . to change course, one must first see the road
you can drive a car and not know where you're going, yet be conscious you are moving forward and CHOOSE to move forward
rather than stop and ask for direction or turn around
. . . to change the future one must look within
the person who truly does this is a rare bird indeed . . . study this bird and your future is within your control
if not, if you go forward "unaware of why" you make the choices you do . . . then your future is much more "fixed" than you may care to admit