[fastfredracing]

If you are going to try to start a buisness, may be wise to start it on the side, and work nites, and evenings, until you feel you are safe enough to let go of that top branch. I kept a part time night job for the first 6-8 months when I opened my buisiness.\
IF it makes you feel any better, I have been self employed now for 16-17 years, and I ponder the same exact things you are now., and I frequently have financial stresses/ deadlines/ and all of the other stresses that go with having your own gig.
It looks as if you do beautiful cage work, and you probably love doing it now, but I bet after 10 years of welding/ grinding , and doing if for moneythat you may start to l feel the same way about that .I think the only real way to find happiness , and get out the 9-5 rut, is to get mailbox income, where you dont have to pound the pavement everyday to pay your bills, then you can fulfill your life with worthwile activities.
You are stuck in meetings right, now, I am taking a break from a brake job on a dump truck, beating the hell out of myself, sweating, and greasy as all getup. Hang in there buddy .