TL;DR: I'm tired of working full time, and am planning to quit my job and travel/pursue other interests for at least a few months. What do I need to do before I quit?
Some background: I'm 28, living in Seattle, currently making about 50k/year, with about 25k in personal savings. My expenses are currently around 1,900/mo (mostly rent/food/car).
I've worked at my job for about three years and like it well enough, but I'm feeling really burnt out and want to take an extended period of time off to do some traveling on the cheap, study for the GRE, and explore other hobbies and interests. I'll probably leave in the next couple of months, and I'm thinking I'll want at least four months off.
First off, am I completely crazy? And secondly, what should I do for the next couple of months (while I still have a job) to prepare financially for my time off? Anyone been in a similar situation and have things they wish they had done before quitting? A few things I've thought of so far:
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update my resume
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look for a new job to see what the market's like for when I want to start working again
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go to the doctor and get my health all sorted out while I have good insurance
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look for new health insurance (any advice on this? Especially with the ACA in such a precarious spot)
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write down all the personal passwords I've been storing on office machines
Anything else? Thanks for the help!
Submitted January 30, 2017 at 11:27AM by Lazybum342 http://ift.tt/2jvh52G
