And seemingly didn't save enough either. "fairly good money" means different things to different people, but keep your living expenses as low as possible. If,

And seemingly didn't save enough either. "fairly good money" means different things to different people, but keep your living expenses as low as possible. If, for example, your living expenses require a minimum of, say, $8k/month, you probably are going to struggle starting freelancing without $50k in the bank already (and sadly, few people actually have this amount of ready cash available to start make such a move).