Well, being self employed is scary at times. YOU are responsible for YOUR income. But that responsibility is what motivates me. I will not let myself fail financially, nor will I let myself fail my goals.
I've always up to my father as he came to the U.S. with pennies when he was in his early 20's. First worked on a farm, became a dishwasher at a restaurant, and years later he bought a small grocery store. From there he bought and remodeled run down grocery stores, making lots of profit. Now he's in a $650k house, thinking about upgrading and buying $1.3 million house. He is 48, and thinking about retiring. (he can financially, but as much as he denies how much he likes working, we all know he loves it!).
I am 23, from those of you who have read my past posts, I took a full time schedule in college and finished in 3 years, finishing a year earlier then regular students.
Now I have been running a screen printing shop for a year and half. For the first 8 months, I was litterally working 24 hours a day sometimes. Once, I worked 48 hours straight. Normal days back then, I would work 12 hours. Yes, some say I'm crazy, but is it crazy? or survival instincts?
Now, We have over 256 customer files and counting. Customers from New York, California, Virginia, Texas all the way to Austrialia. Making over $100k sales this year which equals about $60k in take home. For next year, we aim to triple our sales.
The tax benefits are great too.
Oh, and you can fire your own customers!

I've fired a handful so far...and they deserve it.
(one major thing I learned during all of this, sometimes you need to slow down and take a step back to take a look at your accomplishments. Sometimes you get too busy to take a look back and give some credit to yourself.)