The Smarter Alternative to Early Retirement
Feeling restless at work again? It won't help to count the days until you retire, especially if those days number in the thousands. That might only get you thinking about the contradiction of retirement: By the time we have the freedom to do what we want, we could be too old to enjoy it.
Of course, life doesn't have to go that way. More workers are choosing to give themselves a mini-retirement experience in the form of a sabbatical, an extended leave from work that can last a month or a year. Some employers support the break; according to the Society for Human Resource Management, 16% of companies have either paid or unpaid sabbatical programs. But even workers who don't have sabbatical benefits are opting to quit their jobs and live on savings temporarily -- in the name of experiencing life outside of the office.
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