The choice of how to spend one's time is not the point of freedom. Being reminded that we are "free" because we may choose how we spend that hour or where we eat dinner, etc. is frequently used to create the illusion of freedom for a populace that doesn't understand the concept and generally isn't interested in the critical distinction. True freedom is really the inner understanding that one has the natural right to hold all opinions and make all decisions autonomously and free of coercion, coupled with the willingness to live according to one's mind. Sometimes I am minded to do things which will generate an undesirable outcome, but I elect to avoid that outcome by modifying my behavior. Obviously the undesirable outcome is a constraint or a coercion, but what of the election of behavior modification? This is the question I pose to you: Is the conscious election to modify one's behavior in order to avoid an undesirable outcome a loss of freedom?
Now to answer your statement that "freedom is overrated", I believe that freedom is misunderstood and underappreciated.
The burden of responsibility only exists when one is free. One cannot receive blame if they aren't free to act they way they wish. Everyone ultimately is very free. The issue is that is it very hard to live according to one's mind. Someone cannot tell the future thus there is no certainty of outcome. We don't know if what we are doing will produce an undesirable outcome thus it is kind of hard to modify one's behavior. Thus we reach a dilemma where we are free in that we can make any choice, but face producing a suboptimal choice. We have so much control over our person (freedom) but can come to regret it when we frequently travel suboptimal choices. Freedom is nice to have, but it can be annoying when it comes to this restriction. Sure, freedom is not appreciated (People Imagine Their Own Chains), but that does mean it should be romanticized when clearly some parts of freedom suck.
But do you really regret the suboptimal choice you made or the freedom that you had to make your own choice?
I regret the suboptimal choice, but when it comes to make the next decision, the decision is harder due to the sheer number of options I have. I regret the choice, but the freedom increases the difficulty of the next choice. Sure, it's not freedom's fault, it's mine, but maybe you are on to something. Maybe I stuck in the paradigm I've described. I'm blaming freedom for the curse of optionality, when I should accept these options and try to become a better decision maker.