[jackgolding]

I have had 2 involuntary 3 month breaks between jobs and even though I was strapped for cash I really hated how much my mood fell apart without having the structure of work. I told myself I want to move away from having so much of my life's meaning defined by what work I do (while it's software for any enterprise anyway.) I'm at the stage now where I'm hoping to take off at least a month for travel next year.

Are there any learnings you had from your half a year break like this?

[muzani]

It wasn't great. There's a lot of anxiety watching my bank account go down with no plan at all. Resting seems even more unproductive, it resulted in a lot of bad habits forming.

I find I am much happier working 14 hours/day than resting 24 hours.

I did have an extremely productive remote work era during that period for a side project, but unfortunately the team fell apart.

[dennisgorelik]

> it resulted in a lot of bad habits forming

What kind of bad habits did "resting" form?

[muzani]

Well things like needing more rest. I ended up "resting" 3 weekdays a week. Or things like taking 3 hours to prepare for the work day, via meditation, clearing up my workspace, getting exercise, and so on. I wouldn't say it's laziness, but having too much time makes you bad at time management.