I really should stop doing this

[Gonzo]

I turned down a new contract this afternoon, just because I want to spend next week at home and they want a Tuesday start.

That follows on from turning down the four month extension where I am.

I really should stop that, but I can't be bothered with working any more, so might just have the rest of the year off.

If your warchest is in good shape why not? The way I see it you are just taking time now while you are still young instead of taking it as early retirement time when you are old.

I am now having that long break I said I would. Eight months so far and I am not ready to start working just yet.

I've really enjoyed the last last couple of months at home, especially with the kids being off school. All outstanding DIY has been completed, new hobbies are well and truly underway (veggies garden, R/C planes) where I just never had time before.

One thing I'll say about the recession, your quality of life really improves (assumming you have a war chest). I think I'm ready to start invoicing now though....it's just that there's now work out there for me. Ho, hum, back to tending to my tomatoes and cumcumbers.

WHS

[Clippy]

If your warchest is in good shape why not? The way I see it you are just taking time now while you are still young instead of taking it as early retirement time when you are old.

I am now having that long break I said I would. Eight months so far and I am not ready to start working just yet.
WHS

Agreed.

Gonzo - what area do you work in? How old are you? How long have you been in IT?

Always interesting to hear about others circumstances.

[Gonzo]

Agreed.

Gonzo - what area do you work in? How old are you? How long have you been in IT?

Always interesting to hear about others circumstances.

I'm a Business Analyst, 38 years old and been doing IT jobs for 12 years.

I am still confident that I will be employable when I am back on the market but I have known developers that have had to overcome the view from agents that they will have forgotten everything after taking a year off.

In some ways the current downturn has come at the right time for me because I have been promising myself some decent time off for a few years and it has coincided with me moving abroad for personal reasons.

[d000hg]

On the one hand, if you've got the money then why feel obligated to work?
On the other, if you do work the next few months how much earlier can you retire for good?

I find the work I do interesting so I think I'd still be working even if I did have a fair old warchest, but then I'm only young Who knows what I'll think in 10 years.