I did everything backward when I started freelancing.
I was fresh out of journalism school. Instead of getting an entry-level job at a newspaper or magazine, I immediately started looking for online gigs.
My then-husband and I were up to our eyeballs in student loan debt. He still had years of schooling ahead of him. I decided to do what it took to make it work.
Looking back, that worked for us because we were young, not established in any sort of career, and poor students to begin with. Freelancing full-time wasn’t a huge financial stretch for us. Today, though, if you plan to break into freelancing and eventually quit your day job, you need to make sure you are properly prepared financially….