![]() ![]() As far as early retirement goes, that would have been a very traditional path. We had talked about being able to retire in 6 years. I’m so glad we did this “too early.”Ī week before I found out we were expecting sweet baby #5. If we had taken a month of rest first, I think we would have made MORE progress the rest of that first year. The week we left the 9-5, we started filling our calendar to the brim. There are some things we just can’t see correctly when we are burned out. Your ideas and vision for planning that time will be much clearer and truer if you’re not exhausted. Prepare Now Tip: Plan out a rest/decompression time, either at the front of your block of leave or try to get a 1-2 month break at some point. Then 12 months in, everything started to shift. It took about 3-6 months before we started getting our bearings. I didn’t really see the full effects of the burn out until it started to wear off. In the span of 5 years, we had: moved from Germany to the US, bought our ugly house, buried our oldest child, bought our first rental, worked a job I hated, adopted 3 kids, bought another rental, constant renovations, and had a baby…yeah, we were tired. Plus, what you can do to prepare NOW for laying the foundation. If you have ever considered taking a career break, mini-retirement, or sabbatical, to pursue other goals or dreams, here are a few of the unexpected things that we have learned along the way. ![]() Honestly, most of the change I never saw coming. ![]() I knew we would be gone for at least a year, but our lives changed in that year because we changed. Twenty months ago, we stepped away from the 9-5. ![]()
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