This week marks the one-year anniversary of being 100% self-employed!  I say 100% because I’ve always had some form of side income in addition to my regular job.  It’s been so bad, my friends gave me the nickname “Everyday I’m Hustling”. Quitting my full-time job in June 2014 may have seemed scary and insane to your average American.  After all, why would anyone give up guaranteed income?  Well, because it’s NOT guaranteed income.  The job served its purpose, but I knew it’s not where I wanted to be eventually. I knew the freedom and flexibility of working for myself was something I had always wanted, and something my dad talked about for many years. Being an accountant and a to-do list-aholic (my own word), I’ve been called a “cold, calculating machine” and this time, it worked for me.  I worked out the numbers to the penny, hired a personal financial planner, and started saving money when I moved to Houston in 2011.   […]