Comments on: Switching Jobs and Taking Time Off http://www.thewriterscoin.com/2008/03/19/switching-jobs-and-taking-time-off/ Personal Finance, Writing, and Blogging Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:26:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: edward yagi http://www.thewriterscoin.com/2008/03/19/switching-jobs-and-taking-time-off/#comment-704 edward yagi Wed, 19 Mar 2008 17:52:20 +0000 http://www.thewriterscoin.com/2008/03/19/switching-jobs-and-taking-time-off/#comment-704 I did this between my current job and previous job. Made it a point to take a week off between jobs, flew out to Hong Kong to stay with my Sister and just decompressed. I hadnt taken a vacation in two years prior to that, and definitely needed to do so. It was great! The bonus was that I already had a job lined up and didnt have to worry about finding a job. Alot of nuthingness and lounging by the poolside ensued. Definitely recommended. http://www.planetsurfer.net I did this between my current job and previous job. Made it a point to take a week off between jobs, flew out to Hong Kong to stay with my Sister and just decompressed. I hadnt taken a vacation in two years prior to that, and definitely needed to do so. It was great! The bonus was that I already had a job lined up and didnt have to worry about finding a job. Alot of nuthingness and lounging by the poolside ensued. Definitely recommended.

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]]> By: Frugal Dad http://www.thewriterscoin.com/2008/03/19/switching-jobs-and-taking-time-off/#comment-701 Frugal Dad Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:13:57 +0000 http://www.thewriterscoin.com/2008/03/19/switching-jobs-and-taking-time-off/#comment-701 I don't have any personal experience with this, but my best friend was laid off a couple years ago and he had a couple weeks advanced warning. He lined up another job, with the agreement that he was working an "extended notice" at his current employer. The layoffs happened quicker than he anticipated, so he had a full four weeks of nothing to do. Fortunately, he got some severance from old job, and a bonus from new job, so he had plenty of money to carry him. His life closely resembled the guy from Office Space - he did absolutely nothing. His wife and kids got up, went off to work and school and he ate cereal in his underwear, watched SportsCenter and played Xbox most of the morning. The afternoons were spent at Barnes and Noble sipping a mocha grande and reading books, working out at an empty gym around 2:30 and then a nap in the afternoon. I swear, I had never been so jealous of anyone in my life! I don’t have any personal experience with this, but my best friend was laid off a couple years ago and he had a couple weeks advanced warning. He lined up another job, with the agreement that he was working an “extended notice” at his current employer. The layoffs happened quicker than he anticipated, so he had a full four weeks of nothing to do. Fortunately, he got some severance from old job, and a bonus from new job, so he had plenty of money to carry him.

His life closely resembled the guy from Office Space - he did absolutely nothing. His wife and kids got up, went off to work and school and he ate cereal in his underwear, watched SportsCenter and played Xbox most of the morning. The afternoons were spent at Barnes and Noble sipping a mocha grande and reading books, working out at an empty gym around 2:30 and then a nap in the afternoon. I swear, I had never been so jealous of anyone in my life!

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