I also recently took about 10 months off of work, specifically to focus on learning. It was incredible, and I don’t regret it financially. I would often get up

I also recently took about 10 months off of work, specifically to focus on learning. It was incredible, and I don’t regret it financially. I would often get up at 6 in the morning or even earlier (which I never do) just from excitement about what I was going to learn about and accomplish in the day. Spending my time focused Only on what I was most interested in was incredibly rewarding. It’s going to be awhile before I am able to do it again financially. It is a life-impacting hit to the bank account, especially factoring opportunity costs, but I agree with the OP that it feels well worth it as an investment in myself. Can’t wait til I get the chance again.