Before taking the leap of faith to go into self-employment, I would ferociously google various topics about solopreneurship and running small businesses.
One of the topics I found myself googling over and over again is the pros and cons of self-employment. Because I want to know what it looks like being self-employed.
There is no one in my inner circle of friends who are going through this path, that I could ask for advice. So, I learned it the hard way.
(Looking back, I could’ve joined some co-working places and network with strangers. But I didn’t want to spend extra money on things that don’t immediately generate income.)
Anyway, here is an honest list of pros and cons of self-employment, that I learned from my own experience working on a small online business as a solopreneur. It may be different for other self-employed people in other fields, such as teaching, real estate, financial consultant or gig economy....