There are many people who enjoy careers as self-employed individuals. That can be through any means of work, including construction, marketing, photography, writing, design, hairdressing, consulting or reporting to name a few. If you’re contemplating spending a year or more self-employed, then here are a few signs to let you know you’re ready:

• You want flexibility in your job role.
• You want to be in control of complete projects.
• You love working individually.
• You’re motivated to work in different environments.
• You want to run your own business.

If this is sounding like you, you may be ready to pursue a career as self employed, but just know that you will have some good months, and some bad months, and income can vary depending on seasonality at times. There’s no salary set in stone, so you really have to put the work in, but when you do, the rewards can be unbelievable.