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What’s the longest you’ve not worked as an adult?
Posted on 7/29/25 at 11:19 am
Posted on 7/29/25 at 11:19 am
Vacations/ time off/ laid off/ etc.
I’ve taken 4 months off in last year (most was a month consecutive, pat leave) and it’s so hard to adjust back to daily work. Need to vote on adult summer breaks.
I’ve taken 4 months off in last year (most was a month consecutive, pat leave) and it’s so hard to adjust back to daily work. Need to vote on adult summer breaks.
Posted on 7/29/25 at 11:19 am to fareplay
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I’ve taken 4 months off in last year
No you didn't.
Posted on 7/29/25 at 11:20 am to fareplay
a couple of months after Katrina
Posted on 7/29/25 at 11:21 am to fareplay
Depending if my company goes under or not, I may have 6 months off 
Posted on 7/29/25 at 11:21 am to Codythetiger
Damn 6 mo of severance? Maybe you want it to go
Posted on 7/29/25 at 11:21 am to fareplay
A little over two months when I was between jobs. I usually go for short 3-7 day vacations multiple times a year over a big month or two long one every other year.
Posted on 7/29/25 at 11:23 am to fareplay
3 years. Went back to school
Posted on 7/29/25 at 11:24 am to fareplay
A week and a half After surgery.
Posted on 7/29/25 at 11:25 am to fareplay
3 months recovering from surgery to remove a lemon sized tumor from the iliac crest of my right hip bone back in 2007. Pretty invasive surgery. They had to cut away all the muscles from the hip bone.
This post was edited on 7/29/25 at 11:27 am
Posted on 7/29/25 at 11:25 am to fareplay
Last two weeks of the year every year.
Posted on 7/29/25 at 11:26 am to fareplay
I sold my business in April of 2006 and was "retired" until November 2006. I was supposed to be finishing a novel but I was actually spending most of my days in coffee shops and beer gardens in Germany. I likened to have gone insane LOL. For the previous 12 years I had been working 24-7-365 running a fairly successful small business with anywhere from 20 - 130 employees. The grind of that was equally maddening but bumming around Europe for 6 months was about as bad, The first month or so was fantastic, the last month was not.
Posted on 7/29/25 at 11:26 am to fareplay
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Damn 6 mo of severance? Maybe you want it to go
isn't that how long unemployement lasts?
Posted on 7/29/25 at 11:27 am to fareplay
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What’s the longest you’ve not worked as an adult?
1 month
Would’ve been great if I wasn’t in the office most of the days
This post was edited on 7/29/25 at 11:44 am
Posted on 7/29/25 at 11:29 am to fareplay
I took off 6 months to hike the Appalachian Trail and it was one of the best things I've ever done. I think I am going to do it again in 5ish years.
Posted on 7/29/25 at 11:31 am to fareplay
Assuming you mean "not employed/running a business"...about 3 days.
Posted on 7/29/25 at 11:31 am to fareplay
got laid off after covid "hit," company lost a big contract. spent 6 months learning how to tig weld and find and catch crappie and catfish on any body of water sight unseen.
Posted on 7/29/25 at 11:33 am to fareplay
quote:Vacations of under 20 consecutive days.
What’s the longest you’ve not worked as an adult?
But a large bit of my work travel is to vacation-y places so the travel time and the expense has been made easy.
Example: If I have a two day work obligation in Prague (Monday/Tuesday), I fly over Friday before and at least take off until the next Monday if not the entire next week.
But I realize spending weeks travelling is more immersive. I'm looking forward to spending a month in Italy, Spain or Ireland without work considerations.

Posted on 7/29/25 at 11:36 am to fareplay
Post Katrina for about 3 months. It was not fun. Since then the longest has been a week. Maybe 10 days including weekends, once a year. I could really use a break.
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