[laurencerowe]

When I lived in the UK I mostly did contract work and would regularly take a few months off between contracts. I usually found I'd start to get bored after about 3 months and look for work again. Exception to this was when I went travelling and took about eight months off.

Having now worked full time for almost a decade after moving to the US, I decided to take some time off earlier this year. Bit more complex with COBRA continuation health insurance in the US. It's been almost four months so far and I am not missing work at all yet. Figured I'll probably look for something new after the summer.

So long as you can afford it, only downside I can see to taking an extended break now that things are reopening again in the US is that international travel seems likely to remain limited for a while.