The Rise of the Career Break

Why more professionals are choosing to stop – properly – before they burn out

When people fantasise about time off work, they usually picture two weeks in August or a long weekend somewhere warm. But a growing number of professionals are thinking bigger. Not a holiday. Not remote work with a sea view. A proper stop. One month. Three. Six. Sometimes a year.

Call it a mini-sabbatical, an adult gap year, a micro-retirement, a career …