Ten reasons to be self-employed

Today it's more available than ever and despite the economic problems of the present moment (year 2009), it's still a very good option and in some regards, it's probably even the best option concerning the economic crisis. Ok, so here are ten reasons to be self-employed!

1. You can't beat the amount of choices you have in choosing your career when you're self-employed
   
2. You can't beat the amount of choices you have in choosing which direction will your chosen career take you once you pick it, if you're self-employed!
3. You know exactly how your business is going and can't fear unexpected lay-offs, changes in salaries, changes of positions inside the company etc.
4. You can adjust your work to your life! This is probably the best reason to be self-employed
   
5. Unless you start being a very strict boss for yourself, you can avoid much of the stress you would've had in a regular company
6. When you work, you know that you work for your own money and success and for your family, friends etc.
7. If you choose to stay at home while being self-employed (you don't have to) you can avoid the loss of time needed to come to work and come back home from work
8. You can save money for trips to work, if you're staying to work at home while being self-employed
9. You can adjust your work and what you do to the economic situation at some point of time - self-employment opportunities are really numerous
10. You can change your career, slowly shift to the fields that interest you more (if there are such fields). By doing so, you can be more productive and you can't get stuck in doing something that's a burden to you

There you go, these are ten reasons for being self-employed and my view on numerous self-employment opportunities. I hope it helps you in deciding to start being self-employed or maybe in trying more to succeed if you're already made the decision. Maybe you will find some ideas for self-employment here too. To once again quote one of my favourite movie lines: "If you build it, they will come!". Good luck to you!