When I decided to use my layoff as an opportunity to sell everything and travel, I received nothing but support - it turned out many of my managers and coworkers had done the same thing before or wished they could. It made it seem like a totally normal (almost boring and expected) thing to do.

Now that I'm coming up on a year away, however, my dad is getting verrrrry antsy for me to get another corporate job, buy a house, and have kids, and well-meaning people keep recommending me to open positions. I know that I could still be happy doing all that, but not yet!