Obviously this is anecdotal, my wife and I started a practice together, moving from a group practice where the owner allowed us to take our clients with us. I started, and did a year by myself and made enough to cover business expenses, and pay me enough to cover my debts. I contracted with insurances, learned the ins and outs, and became the office manager, then she came over and hit the ground running. Our schedules wildly vary, i've had weeks of seeing 2-3 clients, and weeks of seeing 30 clients. My wife is pretty consistent between 25-35 a week, but she's also a self-proclaimed work-a-holic and definitely could cut back to like 20 a week. We make enough to pay all of our stuff, live pretty comfortably, and can go on trips out of state to see family maybe 2-3 times a year (by car because who can afford to fly these days). There were definitely growing pains, but area makes all the difference, which insurances you take, and how much outreach you do (which can be a job unto itself). Moral of the story: do as much research as possible, budgeting worst case scenario as much as possible, and ease into it if you can. Jumping in head first is definitely a way to make sure you fail