I lost my mother about a year and a half ago, at just 76. “She died young,” people mourned. But I mourned her retirement being riddled with “almosts” — almost enough money, almost enough health…

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doing it right now, it’s the best thing I have done in my life. I was on the verge of burn out. Now, I enjoy programming again :)

I thought this was just me… Might be nice to see some normalisation to this.
Have recently left a night shift gig because it was doing a number on my mental &amp; physical health. I just want to slow down for a second.
Chasing my personal interests in game dev for a while as I recover :) I just hope I’m not being naïve in taking time off from working for a while. And I may need to consider how to get myself employable again in something I care about (video games industry) if the indie dev doesn’t pay off.
Musings, musings…

I have several colleagues that went for an unpaid vacation for more than a month, travelling around the world. I think it is a great approach until you have kids.

i’m confused. what’s the difference with a vacation? why is this new?

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