No one can ably answer how they got to where they are without mentioning discipline.
A gap on a CV tells you that someone stopped following a conventional career path. It tells you almost nothing about whether they stopped developing.
One thing the world will always try to do is put people in boxes. Some of the most valuable people in any room are the ones who do not quite fit the mould.
Some people will take advantage of a new business owner’s eagerness to get clients. They will keep adding to the scope, delay payment, negotiate every fee down or assume you should do extra work because you are “still building.”