The pathway that leads to self employment can have its ups and it can also have its downs. There tends to be times you love your “job” and other times you detest it. Using the term ‘job’ lightly, by no stretch of the imagination is it just a job, and it can not exactly be called a career path either, You can be confident in calling it a lifestyle or even a way of life. The thing that you will welcome about being in the ‘self employed’ bracket are the ups, downs, sideways and topsy turvy twists that come with it. So, let us have a look at some of these twists in the road, the ups and downs of the roller coaster ride.As soon as you go self employed there will be immediate changes that you will need to purposely adjust to, and quite quickly as well. You will notice that you will not have a manager or a peer to look at what your output is every day. Fantastic you are thinking, BUT this can be good and it can just as well be bad.Keeping Yourself On The TracksYou will now be solely responsible to keep yourself on track and productive. When riding on a roller coaster, there is always a set of rules. Obeying them will ensure your safety and well being. Disobeying will result in harm to your self or being kicked out of the park. Abiding by the rules, in this case, setting your goals out, planning properly, controlling things and being productive, will mean that you will have a fair chance of being successful. If you are unprofessional about it all and do not follow the rules you will put everything in jeopardy when you do not have to. So – think you can take all the bumps and bruises that the self employment roller coaster has to offer then? The only person that can keep you on the track is yourself.The Good Times Are GoodThe benefits to be had though are worth having. You future is in your own safe hands and no ones other than your own. You own the company, nobody else and every single amount of revenue you generate is for you. If you show some financial understanding and monetary management you can obtain early financial freedom. No more worrying about requesting off days, calling off sick, or whether you have a job or not by the end of the week. When your friends are concerned about their jobs and talking about it all the time you can lounge back and feel good about the fact that you are self employed.A Positive Attitude Does Go A Long WayWhen you get on the roller coaster at the fun fair you can be 100% certain about one thing. You may be roughed up a bit from the ups, downs, twists, and turns, but you will love the ride none the less. You must adopt this same attitude when you decide to go self employed. With out it you might as well keep the job that you are currently working at and save yourself the wasted time and effort. Are you going to let someone else lay down the tracks to your roller coaster or are you going to do it yourself?