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There is one sentence from this article I am not sure I understood correctly.
孤独を現実的に捉えている人は少ないですね。仕事が生きがいだったり、拘束されている分、自由に憧れる人もいます。
I need help on how だったり and 分 works here. This is how I interpret the bold sentence
仕事が生きがいだったり拘束されたりしていればいるほど、自由に憧れる人もいます。
Is that correct?
The original is not very clear.
My reading is: 仕事が生きがいである人もいれば、(拘束されている分、自由に憧れる)人もいる.
So it means, there are some people who take works as their objective of life and others who are 'bound' in some way and wish for freedom. These are two kinds of people who do not 孤独を現実的に捉えている. The former bury themselves in work and the latter wish for freedom (from being among people and therefore constrained) so that both do not 孤独を現実的に捉えている (the latter may think of 孤独 even positively).
