So many people talk about doing this but few actually do.

I've done something similar involving working holidays. I'm tired now and Covid fucked up my plans and my career is going to be hell to get back into, but I want to change anyway. Just hope I got enough experience and education and brains to climb up the ladder, I just don't know where yet.

I'm glad I did it but it isn't for most.

I kinda love it and kinda hate it

There's a sea shanty to that effect.

Boomers were trying to ruin it for us.

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I am a fan of the Travis McGee novels by John D. MacDonald. Introduced to them in childhood and still worth a re-read.

Travis was a 'salvage consultant' who would rob loot back from criminals, and then retire for as long as the money lasted.

Only works if you are not working a shitty job and living paycheck to paycheck. Good fucking luck in most economies greedy billionaires are keeping this from happening.

This only works without kids.

I've got a buddy who does a variation of this. He's got a little shack pretty close to town. He'll work in the oil field for a few months, come hang out with everyone, and live a "normal" life. Then when he's saved up enough he rolls out and lives in the woods with his dog hunting and fishing and growing veggies. We go by and check on his place every so often to make sure no one has broken in and it's not rotting to the ground.

When he no longer has the money to stay in the woods he comes back. I say that, but he's got the skills to feed himself out there. I think he gets bored after a year or two and wants to be around people for a while.

I asked him about retirement once and he's got another shack right on a lake that's been paid off since the 90s. His plan is to go there and fish and not come back.

I thought Gen Z aren't really into drinking or drugs. I hope they do this. Make holes in your resume the norm so they can't hold anything against you. I have friends that did/do this and they got it out of their system. They're pretty happy with their lives.

She thinks the jobs will be waiting for her. That’s adorable.