I used to be a dog groomer working at a 50% commission in a salon with so many other groomers. I was often helping others with their difficult dogs and ended up with the dogs on my schedule working harder on difficult dogs not getting near enough to compensate for it. My environment was pure chaos. All the dogs showed up at the same time and waited for hours, constantly picking up poop and pee. If I didn’t have an overbooked schedule I had no dogs at all for hours. I didn’t make enough money and those long days left me feeling burnt out. But then I started my own solo grooming business. I figured out a new way to run a pet salon. I got so many customers that I no longer had to answer the phone and always had dogs waiting to get on my schedule. Then I finally started to value my skills and experience enough to charge a premium rate. Now I love going to work and seeing my favorite dogs. I make over $10k per month working less than 35 hours a week. I have complete control over my schedule and my work environment. I finally have the steering wheel of my life in hand and I couldn’t be more grateful!