Developing an activity as an independent worker : Use the personal File or create a separate one ?

[Thierry Lelièvre]

Hi everybody !!

I am a gnucash user for my personal needs and it works fine for
reporting all the expenses and investments of my little family.

As I am about get a new job where I would work as an independent worker,
I will have to carefully follow all the expenses and revenues related to
this activity ; so my question is : do I have to create new accounts
(related to the new job) in my current personal file or is it better to
create a completely separate file. In the latter case, is there a way to
links the two files ?

Any advice or return of experience would be greatly welcome !!!

Thierry