done one's own thing
Acted without conforming
Done one's own thing means to have acted according to personal preference or individual style rather than conforming to expectations or conventions.
It's the past form of "do one's own thing," a phrase associated with 1960s counterculture but now broadly used: She's always done her own thing—never cared what others thought.
The phrase emphasizes independence and self-direction.
- independenceFreedom from external control
- originalityNovel creative quality
- innovationCreating something original
- thinking outside the boxUnconventional creative reasoning
- self-relianceDepending on oneself alone
free spirit · unconventionality · flair · improvisation · free will · maverick · lone wolf · agency · personalization · authenticity · artistry · uniqueness · self-determination · iconoclasm · imagination · defiance · liberty · ingenuity
done one's own thingfollowed the crowd
Acted like everyone else
conformed · toed the line · fallen in line · gone with the flow · colored inside the lines
done, does, doing, undone, ones, oneness, owning, ownership, disown