<story><title>For those who can afford it, quitting has become the ultimate form of self-care</title><url>https://www.thecut.com/2021/05/quitting-your-job-as-self-care.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>rubicon33</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m curious about people who take extended time off (months, years).&lt;p&gt;Do you worry at all about how that will impact your ability to retire?  The drain on your savings?</text></item><item><author>agf</author><text>The latter part of the article, about &amp;quot;The Burnout Society&amp;quot;, maps much more to how I and others I know use the term. There was a period at my job where I was burned out -- but that ended when I decided that I was never going to achieve what I had hoped for the organization. I had become an &amp;quot;achievement-subject&amp;quot;, and just deciding not to be one largely removed the feeling of burnout.&lt;p&gt;My last day at my current job is Friday, after nearly nine years. I&amp;#x27;m not leaving because of burnout, but because I no longer need the job (right now -- it&amp;#x27;s not like I never need to work again) and it&amp;#x27;s no longer rewarding in non-financial ways day to day.&lt;p&gt;While my time will be very lightly scheduled and contain almost nothing that looks like work, I do have goals for my time off and a rough timeline for when I&amp;#x27;d like to return to work. Those goals would be very difficult to achieve (for me, not necessarily for others) while also working full time. I am the perfect example of someone quitting as an act of self care.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>paulcole</author><text>I took 3 years off from about ages 27-30. I wasn’t making a ton of money at the time (this was about a decade ago) and figured retirement was unlikely so I may as well enjoy my life now. Leading up to that point I had been living cheaply, working a full time office job and doing freelance SEO writing on the side for 5 years.&lt;p&gt;I lived very cheaply, worked a few freelance jobs, burned through my savings, and ended up finding a job when I had about 6 months of expenses left in my savings account. Never had to dip into retirement or stocks though.&lt;p&gt;Best time of my life. Many people like the sound of this but have no interest in actually living that way. I lived in a tiny studio apartment, rode a bicycle everywhere, ate a cheap plant based diet, and bought almost nothing.</text></comment>
<story><title>For those who can afford it, quitting has become the ultimate form of self-care</title><url>https://www.thecut.com/2021/05/quitting-your-job-as-self-care.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>rubicon33</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m curious about people who take extended time off (months, years).&lt;p&gt;Do you worry at all about how that will impact your ability to retire?  The drain on your savings?</text></item><item><author>agf</author><text>The latter part of the article, about &amp;quot;The Burnout Society&amp;quot;, maps much more to how I and others I know use the term. There was a period at my job where I was burned out -- but that ended when I decided that I was never going to achieve what I had hoped for the organization. I had become an &amp;quot;achievement-subject&amp;quot;, and just deciding not to be one largely removed the feeling of burnout.&lt;p&gt;My last day at my current job is Friday, after nearly nine years. I&amp;#x27;m not leaving because of burnout, but because I no longer need the job (right now -- it&amp;#x27;s not like I never need to work again) and it&amp;#x27;s no longer rewarding in non-financial ways day to day.&lt;p&gt;While my time will be very lightly scheduled and contain almost nothing that looks like work, I do have goals for my time off and a rough timeline for when I&amp;#x27;d like to return to work. Those goals would be very difficult to achieve (for me, not necessarily for others) while also working full time. I am the perfect example of someone quitting as an act of self care.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>pmoriarty</author><text>&lt;i&gt;&amp;quot;Do you worry at all about how that will impact your ability to retire? The drain on your savings?&amp;quot;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;m not going to be able to retire, and my savings are gone.  The end of my life is likely to be quite miserable.&lt;p&gt;I know my choices have lead to that.  They weren&amp;#x27;t good choices, and I wouldn&amp;#x27;t recommend them to anyone.  But they are the choices I made and I am reaping the consequences.&lt;p&gt;If you can hack it, be all career oriented and make good choices that secure your future... more power to you if you can do that for yourself and your family.</text></comment>