I'm about to go down the same path you're thinking about, and I need to make right around 2k before taxes. My strategy is to plan on doing 6-7 DS articles per day, but replace that with private clients when possible and also work on residual income so I can eventually do a little less with DS. I think it's completely do-able. I'm also active with wiseGeek and plan to get involved with one or two more up-front pay sites so I have plenty of work to fall back on if anything unexpected happens with DS.
I'm confident that it's a solid plan, but I, like you, definitely feel better seeing that others have actually done it and made it work over a period of titme.
