The basics: Early 50s, single/no kids, NW about 5M (including pre- and post-tax accounts), MCOL city.
The situation: I’m an educator who, through a combination of rigorous saving, divorce, and inheritance, finds myself in the financial position to FIRE if I want, though FI is obviously not the only, or even main, reason I do what I do . However, as are most teachers in America right now, I am depressed, disillusioned and burnt out. (I like to tell people I’ve been in school constantly, with no break, since the age of 5, which is true!)
However, I’m in the lucky position to be able to take a year away from my job, AND to come back to it if I want. The problem is, when people ask me what I’m going to do on my sabbatical, what “projects” I have… I don’t know? Sleep, rediscover my love of reading, exercise, actually cook/bake, travel, and (again) sleep?
Time off basically starts in three weeks, and I’m afraid I’m just going to fritter the time away without a plan. So, I’d really like advice from others who took sabbaticals to decide if they’re ready to actually RE about what you did during your time off to figure that out!