Yes it is freeing. My latest strategy, since my employer has made it quite clear he has no intention of sharing the success I am helping create, is to steal back as much time in my day as possible. If he only knew the degree to which he has turned an engaged, dedicated employee into a god damned clock puncher. I make decisions daily that could result in vastly greater profitability for his business, but he’s shot himself in his own foot denying me measly agreed upon performance bonuses while continuing to amass capital. I understand better now than ever the old adage about it being easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to get into Heaven. Fiat inflation and taxation has pitted everyone against one another.