Voluntary or Self-Employed?

In my more than 3 decades of existence, I had never been employed enough to be registered in my country's social insurance. I just realized this today. I have to double check this but it seems that I first registered for it was because of my husband's business. I had a few months of employment before that but those were like a couple of summer job, and short term contracts. 

Why I ended up like this, I really don't know. I value my freedom to work too much that I ended up as a freelancer for life without social insurance? That I, instead, chose the more permanent ties with getting married early? Why? ? How can I make this work? Are there other people who took the same path like me? Yes. I know one. Definitely. Ogeez. I don't have enough kids to say that I've been busy as a married woman so what now? Ugh. Harsh reality. 

Almost too late for becoming employed. It's not really very appealing for me. My only way through this is invest, invest, invest. One day I might have enough courage to start my own business but for now, I will have to straighten up my social insurance and the likes. I am not familiar with how the Korean social insurance works so that is something that I have to look into. One thing for sure, their population is decreasing while that in my home country is still a healthy number. 

So going back to voluntary or self-employed. 

"Usually, this member was not yet employed or was never employed when he first registered with SSS. He first registered with SSS using the RS1 form, together with proof of his source of income as Self-Employed. His RS1 form was approved and stamped by SSS.

...professionals who are not employed by companies or other people. They earn their own income."

- (SSS blogsite )

I definitely fall under self-employed. (If my memory serves me right.) Now, if only that government website will work soon so I can check it myself without having to ask my mom there. It takes a looong time to get things done there. 

One of the downside of having my own time to work is not having an employer pay their share in my social insurance. I pay for all my own. Oh, well. Choices. 

Well, that's all right. I'll do my duties as a member without expecting a lot in return since their services suck. It's a good place to park a bit of dough anyway. I'll also look into another entity. 

Come to think of it, I am still blessed. My parents were wiser enough to have something going for me in spite of/while I have consistently refused to find a job in the government. 

Side note. I dreamed a creepy one last night about the lawn in my childhood house littered with poisonous-looking green snakes and of their old skin.