Why did you decide to open your own home business?

I am already a small businness owner. I do bookkeeping and business consulting. I enjoy the work but it is very limiting. There are times that I feel my clients "run my life" in a way. If they decide I do not work a day, my income is affected. I am also getting married after the 1st of the year and I really want to spend more time with my husband than in someone else's office. I am also wanting to spend more time doing counseling and helping people than working in the daily grind. Additionally, I believe that I can make much more working for myself than for someone else.

I didn't. Not yet, anyway. Yours sounds like a good reason. Mine would be, so far, to have no boss, and more time for me. At present I work far from home, and I travel 1 hour in the morning and 1 in the evenings, plus 9hours at work... sometimes it's just too much for me.