I’m a self-employed contractor - been at it for almost 2 years now. Yesterday, a customer told me today was a national holiday, so I said, guess I’m taking the day off then.

Now I’m at home under a heated blanket, sipping coffee and watching YouTube videos. I still get this nagging feeling like I should call someone to say I’m not coming to work or something. It hasn’t quite sunk in that I’m my own boss.

It just feels like I got laid off 2 years ago and never went back to work. Sure, I’ve been working the whole time, but it doesn’t feel like it.