 Bohmian mechanics can naturally be extended to a relational framework, which also leads to a relational notion of time as well. Within this framework, the more familiar descriptions in terms of absolute space and time emerge merely as corresponding to a choice of gauge (Dürr et al. 2020a). Thus, rather than being a regression to outdated modes of physics, a Bohmian perspective suggests the possibility that much of what we regard as fundamental in physics might in fact be imposed by us, through our choice of gauge.