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
Sigismund	-	German, Ancient Germanic
Fulke	FULK	English (Archaic)
Irit	-	Hebrew
Macario	mah-KAH-ryo	Spanish
Abdul-Hamid	-	Arabic
Radoslava	rah-dah-SLAH-vah (Russian)	Czech, Bulgarian, Russian, Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian, Medieval Slavic