Five years ago, I quit my unfulfilling 9-to-5 job as a higher education administrator and began selling digital products on Etsy. Today, I make an average of $14,000 per month in passive income ...

What they don’t prepare you for is the emotional reality of starting and scaling a business. They won’t tell you how to navigate self-doubt, burnout, or tough conversations with clients.

Self-employment rates increase dramatically with age, rising from 18.8% among workers aged 18-29 to 29.6% among those aged 60-64. A record 991,432 people aged 60 and above were self-employed in 2023.