Why escape the 9 to 5 (employment, hamster wheel)?
Why do you want this? My motivation was primarily freedom, but also the infinite scalability of earnings. As an employee, you are severely restricted or "capped" in both.
Are you free?
Or do you HAVE to keep going to your boss? Or the job center? Most people can't just say, "I'm going to spontaneously go to another city for four days and enjoy it there." I imagine it must be terrible to be trapped like that. What do you think?