write one's own ticket

Set one's own conditions or course of action according to one's wishes or needs. For example, This generous grant lets recipients write their own tickets. This term uses ticket in the sense of "something entitling the holder to a privilege." [Colloquial; 1920s]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Khurshid	-	Persian, Urdu, Persian Mythology
Karen (1)	KAH-ren (Danish), KER-ən (English), KAR-ən (English)	Danish, Norwegian, Icelandic, German, English
Balchin	['bɔ:ltʃin]
Aleksandr	ah-lyek-SAHNDR (Russian), ah-leek-SAHNDR (Russian)	Russian, Armenian, Ukrainian
Doru	-	Romanian
Ileana	[ai'li:nə]