I've been working full time ever since I graduated. It's been close to 5 years and I want a break from the generally uninspiring routine. I've worked in 4 organisations so far... and am dreaming of quitting soon.. for not another organisation, but a sabbatical this time.
It is my fantasy to take a sabbatical (most likely voluntary unemployment) from full-time work at age 30 and experience early retirement life for myself. The time off from full time work is ideally at least 6 months to a year. Why age 30? No real reason except that it sounds like a cool life milestone.
To date, I have about 10x annual living expenses in liquid networth.
What's stopping me though? Generally:
- fear of murdering my resume (seen as more of a serial job hopper and a corporate flake)
- fear of not being able to land another high-paying and cushy job
- fear of enjoying early retirement life too much that I'm not able to acclimatized back to corporate life
I suppose the above fears are warranted but they stem from the scarcity mentality and also a fixed mindset, which I'm trying to uninstall from my mental operating system.
Anyway, there's still some time to go. We shall see...
