I left a job in the midst of Dotcom Boom 1.0. When I was trying to resign, my boss was like "Where are you going? How much are they paying? We'll match it! We'l

I left a job in the midst of Dotcom Boom 1.0. When I was trying to resign, my boss was like "Where are you going? How much are they paying? We'll match it! We'll better it!" He found it hard to grasp that my plan was to do absolutely nothing. In fact, I told him my plan was to go watch TV for a while. I was by no means rich but I had enough money to keep me going for a few months and this was during the Boom. It wouldn't take more than a couple of days to find a job when I was ready for one. If you're living paycheck to paycheck and have big responsibilities (kids, a mortgage, etc) it can be inconceivable that you're willing/able to not play the game of trying to always acquire as much money as possible.