ploughing one's own furrow

Verb

plough one's own furrow (third-person singular simple present ploughs one's own furrow, present participle ploughing one's own furrow, simple past and past participle ploughed one's own furrow)

1. To go one's own way; to proceed independently, without regard to other people.
   • Distinctiveness and individuality are not the same as individualism, in which the determination to plough one's own furrow regardless can be a threat to unity.2001, Pamela Evans, The Overcommitted Christian: Serving God Without Wearing Out

   Synonyms:

   forge one's own path