Originally Posted by Amputate Your Head

Began slowly working for myself in 1997 and went full time & quit my last "job" in '02.
Since then I've had boom years and lean years, but it's always been pretty much by choice. My dedication to it comes & goes in waves. Every couple of years or so I just get burned out and have to slow down and take more chill time than usual, and that usually translates into some big changes in the way I do things by the time I get fully geared up again.
But that works for me because my primary motivation has never been lust for more & more money. Being rich and being a peer-perceived "pimp" is not a requirement of mine, only being happy. I do this stuff strictly because I hate having "The Man" telling me when to eat, shit & sleep. And now, after doing this for so long, I am pretty much unemployable by the typical "job" because, a) I no longer have the mindset or will to punch a clock and bend over for some douchebag on a power trip, and b) I'm fully tattooed right down to my fingertips.