How solopreneurs can break free from a corporate mindset
The secrets to achieving the autonomy you were after in the first place.
You quit the 9-to-5 to have more control over your time. You wanted flexibility, autonomy, and the freedom to structure your days around your life instead of someone else’s schedule.
Yet here you are, apologizing to a client for not responding to a message immediately. Feeling guilty on a Tuesday afternoon when you’ve only worked for four hours that day. Checking Slack at 9:00 PM because that’s been your routine for most of your working career.
Many solopreneurs don’t realize they’ve inadvertently recreated corporate life until they’re already living it. You traded a demanding boss for a dozen demanding clients. You swapped mandatory meetings for back-to-back Zoom calls. That freedom you craved? Doesn’t exist in your solopreneur world.
To find actual freedom as a solopreneur, you have to recognize that you’re following a corporate playbook — and make a conscious decision to change.
