A Tempting Exodus of The Public Accounting Slavery

From what I've observed at all the small firms I've worked so far, and from what I've heard from my peers at seminars and networking events, starting an accounting practice can be the ticket for me to get out of my current misery with my employer.   I am gradually seeing the 3-step process in starting an accounting practice and I am calling it the 3 Exo "P"s:

1. Planning 
2. Practicing
3. Profiting 

Now, I just hope that I have the time to pull it off, and the courage to part the sea... no, I mean to part with my employer.

What about you?  Where is your key to freedom?