There is no right answer, you must submit to meticulous questions to determine what you want to do, your personal capabilities and the level of income required to live at your expected financial level. The bottom line is that if you can work long and hard, tolerate risk and stress, cope well with potential disasters and failures, and work well alone and with others, then perhaps self-employment is right for you. If not, perhaps you should choose to work a 9 to 5 job. The economic rule dictates that “Greater risk equals greater reward” and it works the same way here