Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.
The most effective way to do it, is to do it.
Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.
To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.
Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand.
Who seeks shall find.
After a storm comes a calm.
Wherever you are - be all there.
It's always too early to quit.
I work on OpenBSD fulltime, as the project leader. I set some directions, increase communication between the developers, and try to be involved in nearly every aspect of the base system.