[chrisa]

I did the same thing several years ago (left my job once I had 2 clients). I was also worried, but it turned out just fine. It's true that it will take a bit of work to get clients, but it becomes easier and easier as you go. Your current clients may know others, etc.

I have two big pieces of advice:

1. What other comments here say about money and runway is definitely true. It can be common to go a bit without clients - and even once you find a new one it might take 30 days for the project to start, then maybe you bill after the first 30 days, then it takes them 30 days to pay - that's 3 months from the time you found them to when you get the first money coming in! So make sure you account for that.

2. Have something you can point to which says "this is what I do, and why I'm good at it". In my case it was an ebook, but it could be a white paper, or sample projects, etc - but you need something that "tells a story" to the clients that you can do the job.

And good luck! It's scary to take the jump, but also very rewarding :)