[MicroBob]

exactly.
if something comes up....or you need to juggle things around...then do it.

If you want to get out of town for a stretch...then take your job with you.

My GF and I are arranging a couple of upcoming vacations.

Me = Well, my schedule is whatever the hell I want it to be. I can go wherever and whenever.

Her = She only gets so many days off per year. And there's not very much flexibility to allow her to take more. She has requested off for my birthday way ahead of time to make sure she gets it approved. She also has to take a certain number of days off before the end of the year or else she loses them.
Her boss is a pain in the ass...and is condescending.
And this is a job that she actually enjoys and thinks is pretty decent.
It just happens to come with all the typical burdens of a normal 'job'.



In other words - putting yourself to a set-schedule to play your poker is hardly the end of the world and also hardly makes it significantly less-good independence-wise than it was before.