Lauren, there's no reason not to self-publish if that's the route that works for you. Plenty of people are choosing that route and enjoying themselves very much.
It does help to have realistic expectations. Self-publishing means you don't have access to the Big stores like Barnes and Noble or CostCo or Target or Walmart. It means you don't have a marketing team working for you, or an editing/copyrighting team, for that matter. So you have to do all the work yourself. Your success depends on how well you can do it all!
You probably won't have huge sales. You probably won't make enough money to live on. But then, not many authors do. And you will have the satisfaction of seeing your books in print.
It does help to have realistic expectations. Self-publishing means you don't have access to the Big stores like Barnes and Noble or CostCo or Target or Walmart. It means you don't have a marketing team working for you, or an editing/copyrighting team, for that matter. So you have to do all the work yourself. Your success depends on how well you can do it all!
You probably won't have huge sales. You probably won't make enough money to live on. But then, not many authors do. And you will have the satisfaction of seeing your books in print.