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by austincheney
1855 days ago
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I have taken 4 military deployments since entering the corporate world. The first one caused me to be away for 14 months, the second two I was away for a year, and the last one I was away for 7 months. For all my deployments (5 total) I have been married with children. In this case the experience is a bit different only in that you separate from your day job AND everything else (wife, kids, pets, house, bills, commute... everything). Aside from that it’s not as different as you would think and likely (unexpectedly) stressful for similar reasons: boredom, fixations on unimportant things, regrets, and so forth. The best of those deployments was the one spent traveling around Afghanistan meeting interesting people, seeing the real world, and living life in a sleeping bag in hallways where I could find space. That was the most rewarding thing I have ever done. It was like a real life Life of Walter Mitty. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Secret_Life_of_Walter_Mi... If are going to take extended time off from work make it count, I mean REALLY count. What rewarding thing do you want to do that you will remember for the rest of your life? What are you willing to risk to improve yourself or somebody else? |
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