How Did You Get Started as a Consultant?

I remember winning a project, you know, $600 for this. And I was like, got a long way to go, but it was nice to kind of have that chunk of money. At what point did you start calling yourself a consultant if you, if you did eventually? And was it like a quality shift in your career? From day one, I wanted to set myself up to feel as much of as an agency or studio as possible.