Get your CFI, and do some of the other things the guys are suggesting. When you teach you learn a ton. As far as freight...I did it when I had the 135 hours and it was great experience (weather and ifr) for a year and a half and cranked out 1600 hours and got a real job (kinda). If you want to go the regional route, expect to sit right seat for several years and working a shi*** schedule. Any way you slice it, it's about paying your dues. Throughout my flight training I was working the line pumping gas AND networking. That has turned out to be one of the best things I could have done. Good luck to you.