There's a lot of ground to cover to become a non-starving freelancer. You need to find mentors and other working models quickly and some grit. You may need more

There's a lot of ground to cover to become a non-starving freelancer. You need to find mentors and other working models quickly and some grit. You may need more education and training. Since you're looking at web-work, you need also to start building your own portfolio of sample-work in order to prove yourself, I recommend learning everything you can about github.com and making yourself a name there with a github page--version control systems like GIT will become your ultimate UNDO/REDO system and will save you hours of agony when you make mistakes. Make mistakes. You can't learn anything without learning how to recognize you've made a mistake. But networking on github is just networking on the Internet, you'll also need to find communities of people to associate with in real-life to network. You're young, there are a lot of other people out there to discover how things worked best for them--their experiences can help you guide your own. Here's some more rabbit-holes to fall into, you'll come out of them fine: http://thefoundation.com/ http://thefoundation.com/ (Entreprenuership) http://5by5.tv/quit http://5by5.tv/quit (Grit, psychology of going-it-alone, passion) http://www.danpink.com/books/free-agent-nation/ http://www.danpink.com/books/free-agent-nation/ (Work ethic and networking) http://www.personalkanban.com/pk/ http://www.personalkanban.com/pk/ (Self management) http://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifehack/a-review-of-the-art-of-learning.html http://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifehack/a-review-of-the-ar... (Learning) And finally, if you have any debt, by hook or crook find ways to eliminate it. Stay off the debt path, it will only cause you suffering after short-term gain.