Stumbled across this recently, and I thought it was good.
1. Think hard about whether you’ll be a happier person if you’re working for someone or for yourself. I don’t think the answer is as obvious as people think, and each of those is very right for some people and very wrong for others. It’s a fundamentally different type of career, so maybe try experiencing a little bit of both to help you decide.
2. Try to ignore conventional wisdom if you can. It tends to be unnecessarily fear-based and terribly outdated. Instead, read the books of people you admire and hear what they say about careers.
3. You might think you can be happy without work/life balance, but it’s a trap. You can’t. And you don’t need to. You can be a prolific creator/producer working 40 hours a week, if you actually put in 40 real hours of work each week.
Forbes