I've got two gaps in my work history and I explain them fairly similarly: I didn't want to jump from one thing to another immediately if I didn't have to. The

I've got two gaps in my work history and I explain them fairly similarly: I didn't want to jump from one thing to another immediately if I didn't have to. The first gap was largely spent playing video games and pointedly not doing anything remotely resembling work for most of it, the second is full of travel and independent small projects. In both cases the response I get from companies ranges from "makes sense" to "sounds like a good idea".