Being an hourly consultant at the moment I will attest to the fact that it is much harder then it sounds at first. My only saving grace for being self-employed

Being an hourly consultant at the moment I will attest to the fact that it is much harder then it sounds at first. My only saving grace for being self-employed for the past 10 years is that my client like me and they tell their friends about me. Having lost one large client at a most inopportune time, I can attest to the perils, but when you get the formula down you can make a decent living and still have time to live. But the real fun is in creating something larger then yourself and it is almost impossible to do that completley on your own.