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The Secret Superpower of the Mini-Retirement

In this crazy era, filled with work-from-home/e-learning, Covid-19 disruptions, and the Great Resignation, it seems like more people than ever are interested in taking a mini-retirement. The much-touted benefits of a mini-retirement include taking time to relax and decompress from stressful work (and life) situations, maybe doing some travel (when it is safe to do … Continue reading

Gap Year travels – Fall 2021

Thank you to those who’ve already read the first 2-ish months of my gap year travels. If you haven’t yet, you may want to go start there and come back. August This month wasn’t a very big month of traveling for me, since I had just done the 20-day road-trip in July, but I did … Continue reading

Gap Year travels – first 2ish months

I quit my job in June 2021, just as things seemed to be opening up to travel again (thanks Vaccines!) but before the myriad of variants started showing up and making things difficult. But I’m going to start a little bit earlier, since my gap year travels actually started before my last day of work. … Continue reading

Gap Year Inspirations

I’m starting this off with an apology to anyone reading, since I have gone completely silent on the blog since May 2021, right before I quit my job to take a gap year. As I detailed in “Getting Real with you,” I was taking this gap year to destress and decompress after a pretty rough … Continue reading