Have any of you anons taking a year off from working before? How did you pull it off, financially speaking?
>>59660012It depends why you are taking the time off, to relax, to recover, to help family, and can you afford it?
>>59660193Relax, recover, help family, all the above I'd say.I'm confident I can afford one year, was just curious if anyone has done it here and how much they had to have liquid.
yes, it was very depressing and unfulfilling
I hate my job so much. Just thinking about going into the office tomorrow makes me short of breath. I can’t believe I have to do this for a few decades more just to keep the wheels turning in my sad life.
Yeah I haven’t had a real job since September 2023
When I was homeless I didn’t work at all for 2 years. Survived off food stamps and welfare($200 a month)
>>59660012Yep. Recorded an album, released a photography book, and met my current girlfriend. Thank you COVID stimulus and unemployment.
>>59660012I haven't been at an actual "job" for over a year. Left to run personal business and been kinda chilling. My expenses are very low and my work skill set makes it very easy to get right back to what I was doing beforehand if I really wanted to/needed to. Currently just self educating, lifting, and riding this cycle out.
>>59660012Hey anon. I actually did this exact thing from halfway through 2023 to 2024. I spent somewhere around 24k. Give or a take little. So I was spending roughly 2k a month. Some months less and some months more.
I plan on it doing in later this year. I'm gonna give up a job that pays almost $200k a year to go live in Thailand. I've got like $70k in cash savings that I'll use for living expenses broad plus my house/car in America. And I have almost $1.5 million in crypto/stocks that I can draw from if needed.
>>59660012I’ve taken up to six months off after quitting oilfield out of town work. Some guys will go to desolate bumfuck areas and work for two months straight and take the rest of the year off with 100 grand or more depending on your trade. All anyone does in oilfield work is “fuck the dog” anyways, so you could be sitting there trading and watching charts while making stupid startup capitalSome guys work the mines in Australia for 7 days straight out of a month, and hop on the first flight to Thailand to do god knows what for 3 weeks straight. How much does a decent chunk of fertile land cost in Thailand/similar areas? If a guy was smart about it he could probably boog out of society entirely within a year of oilfield/mining/out of town workFuck why do I have to have a gf sometimes
>>59660012I’m doing this now. I’m about nine months in. It’s been great. I’m getting plenty of sleep and have time to cook nutritious meals and hit the gym everyday. I took out my entire 401k to finance this. That was a stupid move but I was burnt out and needed a break from the rat race for awhile. I don’t regret it at all. I feel better than I’ve felt in years. I can make the money back later.
>>59660666Sorry didn’t mean to sage the thread, have a bump and a (you) OP
>>59660671If you don't mind my asking how much did you take out?>>59660673Curious about Thailand.
>>59660671I wish the gf didn’t make me quit after a couple months anon… I could’ve bought a patch of land and booged out forever just off 2nd year wages if I stayed for a year. You don’t do fuck all either kek, I got paid $60-100 a week to take half hour shits everyday
>>59660483>thailand>1.5 mil i know what kind of man you are
i can afford to do this but did anyone get hit with the employment gap meme when trying to get back into a job afterwards?
>>59660681It was about $80k after the IRS took their first cut. I can live off of about $40k a year.
>>59660700Kind of close to what's in mine, though this is before any taxes/penalties since it's a traditional account, so whatever is left over would be far less I'm sure. I'd tap into it as a last resort if I wasn't ready to re-enter the wage cage.
>>59660698>i know what kind of man you areBased?
>>59660012Can I take a year off bros so I can find myself a wife?
>>59660718My work is too stressful and I just don’t find the time to hop on dating apps and go on dates
>>59660721I have the same mentality as you. I can't make the time to date while working. Too burned out.
>>59660271sad. pathetic. change jobs. you can't? loser.
