How many of us take a break from work, actual time off where we’re not working, meaning not checking email, not trying to contact people from work and people not contacting us, a true break?
Why is it so hard to take a break from work? Is it because we don’t want to miss anything? Our bills? Not wanting to be replaced? Whatever it is, taking time away and just enjoying your life and being present in that moment is important, especially letting your phone go.
Well, when Mr. HutchLife learned he got the job one of the things we discussed was taking time off before he started the new job. It’s important to decompress, give your mind time to let go of the old job and be fresh and ready for the new one. With no debt it was not difficult for us to say let’s make sure we’re prepared for him to take time off. We decided on 1 month for him to be home with me and Baby HutchLife. We determined how much that would be and created the goal of setting aside money for that as well as for when we moved to ATL before he got paid.
Setting goals are easy, keeping them is the hard part. Consistency is the key and not always easy. So we automated it. Automating makes things easy. The goal was Mr. HutchLife would resign and his last day would be April 30, 2019.
It was quite the task to sit on his resignation for 5 ½ months LOL!! To know you’re leaving one job and have a new one already waiting can make one restless and already ready to go. Mr. HutchLife was ready and that itch people get when they’re close to finishing school, senioritis, hit Mr. HutchLife both at work and school as he had the Spring semester and summer classes left before he finished his MBA.
April 30, 2019 finally came. Seeing Mr. HutchLife get a break from working was great. But to see his whole demeanor change over that month and how freeing it was to not have to worry about getting up, going to the office each morning, answer emails, respond to phone calls accelerated our desire to be financially independent. To wake up in the mornings to play with Baby HutchLife and just spend time watching her grow, learn new things, take in the joys of the world was more than we anticipated from this break. That’s the life we want to live. To enjoy our child at all stages of life, to be able to help people do the same, to enjoy life now.
What’s your motive for financial independence? What’s your desire for being debt free? Have you taken a true vacation/break from work? Leaving emails, phone calls, your phone alone? If not, why not?
