The Young Professional's Guide to A Year Off
Helping young professionals plan a sabbatical, career break, or gap year to travel the world for a year.
There are many steps you need to take before embarking on your year-long journey around the world. You need to work out a leave of absence from work, travel vaccines and insurance, store your material possessions, and figure out where to travel. But the most important steps you need to take are arguably the financial…
A Year Off comes with some financial risks, but through proper preparation, I believe you can lower these risks. Bankruptcy is the worst case scenario, but I believe it falls under the group of things that probably will not happen while on a career break. Despite this fact, I think it’s important to think about…
Preparing for a Year Off is no easy task. It requires drastic life changes and years of saving money. You need to master the art of delayed gratification and make comfort zones a thing of your past. It requires you to leave a comfortable and stable life behind. And it’s difficult to figure out where…
Weekly and daily expenses can oftentimes go unseen. A dollar here and a couple of dollars there doesn’t seem like much when you spend it, but when you add it up over the course of a year, it’s a large sum. Why not save this money instead for your Year Off? Weekly and daily expenses…
Making the cuts to your monthly expenses are some of the most difficult decisions you will make on your journey to your Year Off. Your life might change drastically, but remember, it is temporary. Remember delayed gratification. You can have that nice apartment downtown after your Year Off. Your main goal now is paying off…