[cullenking]

It depends on what stage of life you are in. If you are young and have plenty of time to develop savings and family in front of you, going all out and dropping your full-time job isn't a crazy risk. You make it, or you snag another job when you can no longer operate without more income.

On the other hand, if you have responsibility to children, a partner, a mortgage payment etc then yeah, you need to know you won't let those things fall apart.

I personally am used to living off a small income because I've been going to school for the past many years. If I was used to $80k a year in earnings, it would take alot more to make the plunge to full-time.