Theory: people are willing to take half their personal liquid-cash runway, less a minimum, off as an extended vacation/mini-retirement. Eg if you have a year’s runway worth of savings, and your minimum is 3 months, you’ll be willing to take 4.5mo off before financial anxiety gets to you.

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I can vouch for this first hand. I did something similar a few years back when I was changing career paths. The math you outline loosely corresponds  w my experience

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In the middle of a break right now. With wife working but one son about to enter middle school. Few months in. Perhaps next month will start looking