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A new wave of workers is taking recovery breaks now.
Months long disconnections called micro retirements will unpack the burnout driving the trend and the real career risks and there are risks of trading future security for present sanity.
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The answer isn't a simple yes,
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We all dream of retirement, that long deferred promise of freedom around 60 or 65 perhaps,
but a new trend is challenging that entire structure.
It's called the micro-retirement, some call it the mini-retirement,
and it's essentially a temporary intentional exit from your working life,
lasting anywhere from a good few weeks up to several months.