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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hi OP,

I am mid 40s and i just left my job at the end of August for a career break. I was also just very drained and needed a break. I posted on here about it too

It was a risk but to me my health and well-being needed to be prioritized. You only get one life and I didn't want to keep living it as it was.

I did a lot of reading about career breaks before going off. Everything I read points to it not being seen as a negative and that it is becoming more and more common. Many fields have built in sabbaticals and this is just a self imposed one.

What seemed important was to have a plan and to be productive during the career break with some tangible goals and to not be off for two long. My plan is to be off Sept-Dec so I will start job hunting in probably mid late October. I have three or four things I want to accomplish while off. So far - two weeks in and I already feel much better!

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Not the OP, but can you please come back and report after you’ve returned to work? I’d love to hear about the lasting effects of having taken a break, positive and negative.[/quote]

I will for sure. I have these occasional brief moments of panic about what I have done but 99% of the time it still feels like the right decision. Time will tell![/quote]

Am I reading this right? You quit your job for a 4 month break? Why not 3 month FMLA?[/quote]

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