Unless I'm sticking around 2075, it might be too late for a mid-life gap year, but twelve months off sounds great. (Especially if I can sneak in writing a new novel during that year...)
I did go travelling after university- living in a van for 9 months, back in 2001, road tripping round 43 of the United States. So, I would love to take some time to get to the other 7 (which unfortunately are rather scattered, rather than adjoining each other), but for obvious reasons don’t actually fancy being IN the USA right now …maybe something for when all 5 kids are independent (13 years is long enough for American to be appealing again, right?).
Yeah I meant at the same time 😂 We did San Francisco to San Diego then up to Seattle. Train to Chicago and meant to do east coast to Miami but had run out of money so flew home from Chicago. The week before 9/11, so probably for the best.
I did a gap month last year, staying in an apartment in Athens. It was lots of fun but, as a self-employed person, I had to pack in the work beforehand to pay for it, and then really go for it afterwards, which kind of negated the benefits of that time out. I couldn't quite imagine what that would look like for a year's break, but it would probably do me a lot of good!
Clearly the person who wrote the comment about rotting has no awareness that they could also use that time to be of service to others, to animals, to the earth. It's not as if everyone with some degree of financial and personal freedom chooses either extravagance or stagnation. And it's also not rotting to be still and present. Everyone should be able to have time to simply watch a mama bird feed her fledgling, to be able to hear the whole story of what their neighbor wants to share, to luxuriate in clean sheets, and to pick up some wayward trash on the street because they aren't rushing off for a meeting.
Unless I'm sticking around 2075, it might be too late for a mid-life gap year, but twelve months off sounds great. (Especially if I can sneak in writing a new novel during that year...)
I did go travelling after university- living in a van for 9 months, back in 2001, road tripping round 43 of the United States. So, I would love to take some time to get to the other 7 (which unfortunately are rather scattered, rather than adjoining each other), but for obvious reasons don’t actually fancy being IN the USA right now …maybe something for when all 5 kids are independent (13 years is long enough for American to be appealing again, right?).
I HOPE SO! Your original trip sounds amazing. We were also roadtripping in the US in 2001! Imagine if we were in the same places 😂
Well, as were in 43 different states, it seems likely we were in SOME of the same places!
Yeah I meant at the same time 😂 We did San Francisco to San Diego then up to Seattle. Train to Chicago and meant to do east coast to Miami but had run out of money so flew home from Chicago. The week before 9/11, so probably for the best.
I did a gap month last year, staying in an apartment in Athens. It was lots of fun but, as a self-employed person, I had to pack in the work beforehand to pay for it, and then really go for it afterwards, which kind of negated the benefits of that time out. I couldn't quite imagine what that would look like for a year's break, but it would probably do me a lot of good!
Yes that’s what the person on the podcast said too. But that it was still worth it. A month in Athens sounds wonderful.
Clearly the person who wrote the comment about rotting has no awareness that they could also use that time to be of service to others, to animals, to the earth. It's not as if everyone with some degree of financial and personal freedom chooses either extravagance or stagnation. And it's also not rotting to be still and present. Everyone should be able to have time to simply watch a mama bird feed her fledgling, to be able to hear the whole story of what their neighbor wants to share, to luxuriate in clean sheets, and to pick up some wayward trash on the street because they aren't rushing off for a meeting.
Completely agree!