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by throwaway2037
619 days ago
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> I see this strictly as a one-way only, and I would like for any commenter to treat this feeling at face value.
Sure, I believe what you say. And still, you have 5.5M USD stashed away. You will be fine financially. After you return from your Eat/Pray/Love-styled adventure, buy some middle class rental property (2-3M USD worth), and you can live forever on the cashflow. Also, move to a cheaper place -- I assume that you live in a very high cost of living place now.At the risk of overstepping my bounds: I do think that you are underestimating how much a year away from work will rewire your brain. Even 10 days away from the office has a distinct effect upon mine. New possibilities will emerge once your brain is much less stressed for a long period. |
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Thank you for your kind message. So far, every single time I’ve taken a 1-2 week vacation, it’s been an extremely positive experience, I truly felt alive during the time off, and even my partner routinely comments how I am a brand new person on vacation.
But, coming back to work after such vacations has always been a gut wrenching experience and I felt much, much more depressed than normal for several weeks until reverting to the “baseline” depressed state, to the point where I even seriously considered not going on vacations anymore until I quit for good. For this reason I never related to people saying “a vacation recharges one person for new work challenges”. I can just speculate how the idea of coming back to work after one year off would feel.