I am still working for other people of course because someone has to pay you, but at least I am not some salary worker at an office 9-5 because lets be honest 9-5 means that you wake up AT LEAST an hour before, probably a lot more, I woke up nearly 3 hours before because it took me 1.5-2 hours of drive anyway, and before that I took my shower and get ready, so that means that I spent nearly 4 or so hours extra on that work, meaning 12 hours everyday. Realize that you can make a lot more working 12 hours on anything you want to do, and you will be much richer, that is what I did and thanks to freelancing, I am doing much better financially.
It's not very easy to find work when you are trying to become a full-time freelancer, and there is a lot of competition in the freelance market these days, you will literally be competing with a lot of people when you are trying to get some work because the clients will always look for the best to go with and you will have to be that to win.