Alice Kim quit her finance career due to burnout and found renewed purpose and balance through surfing and freelance work.
Sripriya Balasubramaniam left her job at Oracle to raise her son. She was worried about getting back into the workforce, but turned an internship into a full-time role.
A "raging workaholic" left her job to care for her aging parents. What she thought would be a two-year break lasted 7.5 years.
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If you daydream about getting a break from work, you might picture two weeks of vacation or a long weekend getaway. But some people dare to imagine something bigger and find ways to get a substantial ...
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