I negotiated redundency from my prior fulltime job. Best. Thing. Ever.
Walked out with six months pay and started writing for them the next day as a freelancer.

Half a year of working occasionally, sending invoices, completing old computer games and mid-morning coffees with fellow freelancers ensued.

I tell you, it was like the promised land.
(Miraclefish How appropriate, you fight like a cow, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 17:34, Reply)