Why are we Condemned to Freedom?

Sartre says that we are condemned to freedom.

He gives freedom a very negative connotation. Having the ability to choose is a lot of pressure, which he seems to think is a bad thing. You are held responsible for every choice you make. However, if you make good choices, then that is a good thing. And if you learn from the bad choices you make, then you can make even better choices in the future.

This makes me think of my earlier idea that life is about learning. Having this radical freedom gives us the opportunity to learn from the mistakes we make. Without freedom, we wouldn't have the ability to choose what we do or don't do and there would be no control over what we learn. It's wonderful that we have the ability to choose because I find that I learn best through experience. If I mistakenly press the mute button instead of the power button, and realize that it wasn't the power button, then from that point on, I will remember which button is the power button and which is the mute button.

Sartre obviously didn't share my way of thinking at the time he said this because if freedom is such a bad thing, then he doesn't really think of learning as all that important.