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
DŨNg	-	Vietnamese
Narciso	nahr-CHEE-so (Italian), nahr-THEE-so (Spanish), nahr-SEE-so (Latin American Spanish)	Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Martino	mahr-TEE-no	Italian
Eha	-	Estonian
Faunus	FAWN-əs (English)	Roman Mythology
Omolara	-	Western African, Yoruba