This question is interesting because the answers depend on culture. For example in my country (on south Europe) I don't think that anybody (raised in our way of

This question is interesting because the answers depend on culture. For example in my country (on south Europe) I don't think that anybody (raised in our way of thinking of course) would have thought of taking such a long break from work and living off the extra money he earned. Instead I can think of the following three possibilities: - Use the money immediately to buy a car, fix his house, pay his loans, go a long trip etc - Add the money to his saving account or use it as an investment (stocks, real estate etc) - Change carreer (use the money to open a business) I'm aware that people in the USA are able to stop working and live off money they have earned but this rarely (if at all) happens in my country. However let's say that for some reason I would get a 6 months leave of absense from my work and wasn't allowed to work elsewhere in these months. Well then probably I'd spend the extra hours for self improvement (learning new techs, writing blog posts etc). That would have been the plan anyway because now that I think of it most of this time would probably have been spent playing Overwatch :D