I did read a fair few other peoples' approaches. Some people said, "enough for a year", others said, "enough for 6 months" and some people said "enough for 2 years".
To be honest, there's no one amount. I felt comfortable being riskier. My family was very supportive of my decision since they've all done similarly risky things in life. This made me feel comfortable going in knowing that if it all completely went tits-up, I'd probably have a branch to cling to. But this isn't something you should use as a motivator to chill out and be lazy. You need to find ways to support yourself, one way or the other, otherwise you've just moving from one dependence to another.
Freelancing is a good place to start because it doesn't require complete dependence on somebody, and you can work on your own terms, and it helps to have a bunch of stuff you can say, "I did this thing" in case the time comes to get a job.
Good luck in figuring out the right time for you :)
To be honest, there's no one amount. I felt comfortable being riskier. My family was very supportive of my decision since they've all done similarly risky things in life. This made me feel comfortable going in knowing that if it all completely went tits-up, I'd probably have a branch to cling to. But this isn't something you should use as a motivator to chill out and be lazy. You need to find ways to support yourself, one way or the other, otherwise you've just moving from one dependence to another.
Freelancing is a good place to start because it doesn't require complete dependence on somebody, and you can work on your own terms, and it helps to have a bunch of stuff you can say, "I did this thing" in case the time comes to get a job.
Good luck in figuring out the right time for you :)