I've been doing independent consulting on and off for many years, but there have been many times when the work wasn't there for me to pay the bills, and I had t

I've been doing independent consulting on and off for many years, but there have been many times when the work wasn't there for me to pay the bills, and I had to go back to a regular day job. Early on, I also missed several good opportunities because of my lack of sales experience. Don't quit your job until you've secured some small, part-time independent work. Spend as long as you can doing both, and don't quit your day job until your workload gets too big.