If you one day feel as though your designs are worthy of a high salary and you feel you have the entrepreneurial credentials to go it alone, then you may one day go freelance, but it is challenging.
When you’re starting out as a freelancer, you may find that demand for work just isn’t there. This means that you don’t have that security of knowing you have a regular pay packet, but success may be just around the corner once you build a portfolio.
It’s likely that your previous design will be copyrighted by the organisation you worked for, so it can feel as though you’re starting a fresh. The first thing to do (especially if you’re bored) is to make sure you website is as fabulous as it possibly can be. Then get into the habit of thinking like business, owner, market your website, show people your portfolio and start out with discounted design. Then when you spread the word and pick up important clients, you can pick up your prices and then laugh out loud at the sum of money you used to get paid.