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I recently had a 2.5 month break between jobs. I, too, wanted to make the most of it. These opportunities don't come that often in life. During my break: I lea
by dv35z 10y ago
I recently had a 2.5 month break between jobs. I, too, wanted to make the most of it. These opportunities don't come that often in life.
During my break: I learned squash (so much fun - can't get enough of it, and it's so good for you), studied Spanish (lovevto travel in Latin America), learned a bit of Scala (not really that much, to be honest), took some salsa dance classes (tough, but so much fun. Met lots of new friends), and did some Lynda courses on video editing (for making fun travel videos). I also spent a week and a half doing a road trip through southern France and Italy. Read a lot of books that were on my "someday" backlog - almost 0% TV!
As someone else mentioned, the quasi-unstructured time in the day was so refreshing. I loved just doing some random boring errands, bumming around the coffee shop talking to people, taking a long walk in the park with the dogs (I live in NYC)
I'll tell you: I'm 2 months i to my new job (technology job at a startup), and I really miss the feeling of this unstructured "regular life", or whatever you want to call it.
Cherish it, but don't overdo the planning, as it'll stress you out!
All the best!
- rubicon33 10y agoUnstructured regular life? Do you mean retirement? Pretty sure your best shot at happiness, true happiness, is to retire early. Not so you can be lazy, but so that you can freely pursue endeavors which inspire, and motivate you. That would be an amazing life.
- nish1500 10y agoAs someone who has been living that life for 2 years, and can retire today, at 24, it isn't the utopia people think.
- joshschreuder 10y agoWhat would you say the downsides are? Boredom? Too much choice?
- chillydawg 10y agoHow many other retired 24 year olds do you think there are? You may be free to travel with no notice or get in the car and come back in 4 days, but almost no one else you know will be. I had this same "problem" and just decided to go back to work.
- rubicon33 10y agoI've got an idea... How about you and nish1500 tell me how you retired at 24, then I'll retire too, and we can all be retired below 30 friends! Seriously though... So much to do, so little time. I'd love to be able to WORK on my own stuff.
- radicality 10y agoAt least you have the choice - if you so wish you can pretend you don't have money and go to work like mostly everyone else. I don't doubt it's not utopia, but having this retirement option at such an early age is an amazing opportunity.
- bbcbasic 10y agoI imagine for 24 year olds it is hell. But for slightly older folk 30+ it would be more enjoyable. I'm generalizing of course. At least you can go get a job. Choose based on interest not salary. Then try retirement again when you are older.
- rubicon33 10y agoGod... "Try retirement"... That must be nice.
- rubicon33 10y agoWait, seriously? I really, really struggle to believe that it isn't a MASSIVE increase in happiness and quality of life. Personally, I have a huge list of projects, and things I want to do. Things that are absolutely achievable, if only I had the time. Since I work a 9-6, I spend what free time I have building things. That is what REALLY gets me excited, working on and building things that are personal and interesting to ME! Sometimes though, I'd like to take a break from it all, and spend the weekend reading a book on history. I can't do that right now, because that means losing progress on my side projects and side goals. I'd be really curious, honestly, if you could elaborate on why retiring at 24 isn't the life people think it would be?