{"id":146957,"date":"2024-09-07T16:00:15","date_gmt":"2024-09-07T09:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/golden-gap-year-how-to-make-a-midlife-break-work\/"},"modified":"2024-09-08T01:12:03","modified_gmt":"2024-09-07T18:12:03","slug":"golden-gap-year-how-to-make-a-midlife-break-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/golden-gap-year-how-to-make-a-midlife-break-work\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Golden gap year\u2019: how to make a midlife break work"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nSabbaticals are now a top workplace trend, but before you take the plunge, here it what you need to considerMaybe you can put it down as another post-Covid trend, such as working from home, but it\u2019s clear something is going on. People working for a range of employers are increasingly hoping to take sabbaticals or extended time off, with many keen to improve their work-life balance by exploring the world for several weeks, several months or a year or more.Surveys and articles have talked about the rise of the \u201cmiddle-aged gap year\u201d: AKA the \u201cmidlife gap year\u201c; the \u201cgrey gap year\u201d; and the \u201cgolden gap year\u201d. The trend is fuelled by workers aged 50-plus who are often \u201cempty nesters\u201d, have paid off the mortgage and are keen to get off the hamster wheel for a bit, in spite of the cost. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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