to plan your own path or future independently
планировать свой собственный путь или будущее самостоятельно (planirovat svoy sobstvenny put ili budushchee samostoyatelno)
"He decided to chart his own course and become an entrepreneur."
"Он решил проложить свой собственный путь и стать предпринимателем." (On reshil **prolozhit svoy sobstvenny put** i stat predprinimatelem)
to focus on your own matters and not interfere in others’ af...
to manage to survive under pressure or financial difficulty
When bad things happen, they happen all at once.
to survive a difficult situation
to achieve something amazing and rare through creativity or...
an unidentified but informed source