be (one's) own master

To not be subject to or controlled by others, especially at work or at home. I have to be my own master, so I couldn't work in a big company like you and have to answer to a boss.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Veselko	-	Croatian, Serbian
Rudolf	ROO-dawlf (German), RUW-dawlf (Polish)	German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Slovene, Croatian, Russian, Arm
Sora	so-ṙah	Japanese
&Aelig;Thelric	-	Anglo-Saxon (Latinized)
Ognian	-	Bulgarian
Tikhon	TEE-khahn	Russian (Rare)