I was self-employed for years, I got sick to the back teeth of chasing unpaid bills, falling out with awkward customers always wanting to chip the price when work was done. Ok when I was self-employed I could come and go when I pleased and not work to a clock, but 3-4 weeks of bad rain and I was like a bear with a toothache.
When I work out now what I get for what I do it's not a bad screw and a lot less stress.....................but feck me I miss the days when I think ok that's enough for today I'm off shooting, now I have to wait until 4.15 lol