I am wondering how many other owner-operators are out there and thier likes and dislikes.


When I retired, I would say I hated it, but the inflation rate made me a bit worried, so I chose to work.
My background was corporate consulting, so I had few IRL options, although I often worked from home.


I tried bartending but could not run the cash register well and would constantly ask what liquor is in a tequila sunrise? Then A t-shirt business, but my nature-themed t's proved no match for the "Drink till you puke" beach crowd.


But a small B2B micromarketing business was a fit. I can control my workload, limit my customer interaction and maintain some sense of autonomy. Sure my weekends are often spent cleaning printers and rebuilding fusers, but I can set a time convenient to my family and a side hustle of web design coding and graphics design.


So my real struggle was ending my dependence on a steady paycheck, fixed in retirement kicked in. Now its selfmotivation.