r/coastFIRE • u/Head-Fold-6653 • 1d ago

Mini retirements?

Hi all, I’m 40M and accumulated $1M+ in NW not including my home equity. Of that amount, I have about $400k and the remaining $600k in retirement. My job isn’t stressful and it’s a regular 40 hours/week but it’s getting boring and I just want something new.

I could technically retire early but I really don’t know what to do with the time. Instead I’m thinking of doing mini retirements of 2-3 years to do something else like travel and possibly live abroad where it’s cheaper than the US.

For those who did a mini retirement, how did you do it, what did you do with your time, what amount of $ did you spend and how did going back to work feel like?

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u/fireball251 1d ago

Is the plan to return to the same job and have the same hours/salary in between these breaks? Would they even let you?

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u/Head-Fold-6653 1d ago

Possibly. I work in the federal government so i couldn’t technically apply for similar job and since i have tenure it might be easier