I'm officially a freelancer from 2015 (individual company here in Italy). I think that is a great thing but sometimes it also has negative aspects. Sometimes it's hard to be a freelancer because it's difficult for me to take breaks, to take small vacations, to craft something for me, to experiment new things. Sometimes there's a strange mental loop that forces me to make only things that I'm quite sure to sell. Maybe the reason is that I still not get a satisfactory profit? Maybe because I still live in my parent's house, and they pay for my food, electricity, gas, etc? Or maybe because I am obliged to pay pension contributions even if I don't work or if I don't manage to get a profit?
I enjoy my work, but sometimes I feel guilty or frustrated if I make something else. So it's very hard to find the energy to make other things, like some things that I used to do some years ago, like drawing. It's a terrible thing: for example now I feel that making a drawing or an illustration is quite useless if it is not related to my work. When I went to univerisity, on the contrary, I used to make a lot of drawings and illustrations. Do we work and fight to conquer our free time? When I will manage to conquer my free time?
Sorry but it is a "no" moment!