The Great Pause: Micro-Retirement & Career Break Planning
TJ WalkerWhat if you didn't have to wait until traditional retirement age to take a meaningful break from work?
The Great Pause is a practical limited-series podcast about micro-retirement, mini-retirement, sabbaticals, career breaks, and designing an extended pause from work without destroying your finances or damaging your career.
Hosted by TJ Walker, this series takes you through the real mechanics of p... more
| Publishes | Daily | Episodes | 14 | Founded | 2 days ago |
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What if retirement did not have to wait until the end of your career? In this trailer for The Great Pause, TJ Walker introduces a practical approach to planning a micro-retirement or three-to-six-month career break. Start by putting a possible break ... more
Traditional retirement asks you to save most of your freedom for the end of your working life. This episode challenges that assumption. Retirement Is Not an Age explains the idea behind micro-retirement and mini-retirement: deliberately taking extend... more
How much does a three-to-six-month career break really cost? In What a Career Break Really Costs, TJ Walker goes beyond rent, travel, and daily expenses to examine the hidden costs people often leave out of their micro-retirement budget. That include... more
Should you resign completely, negotiate unpaid leave, or keep a small amount of freelance or contract work during your career break? In Quit, Leave, or Bridge? Choosing Your Exit Strategy, TJ Walker examines three ways to step away from full-time emp... more
Before you take a micro-retirement, you need one number: your financial runway. In Your Runway Number, TJ Walker shows you how to estimate the real amount needed to fund a career break. Build your number from your monthly pause budget, a re-entry or ... more
You have decided to take a career break. Now what do you actually say to your manager? The Exit Conversation gives you a simple two-paragraph structure for leaving professionally: gratitude plus decision, followed by a concrete transition plan. Learn... more
Months of free time can disappear surprisingly fast when they have no structure. In How to Design a Career Break You Won't Regret, TJ Walker explains how to create shape without turning your micro-retirement into another job. Build your pause around ... more
The exciting part of a micro-retirement gets all the attention. The boring logistics are what can derail it. In Health Insurance, Housing, and the Logistics Nobody Mentions, TJ Walker walks through the practical categories you need to handle before s... more
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