Brian Lairer on WNYC, and for our last 15 minutes today, we're going to talk about adult gap years.

If you're back at work after a long weekend, you might be thinking that breaks from work are a really good thing, more than three years. If you're back at work after a long weekend, you might be thinking that breaks from work

are a really good thing, more than three days or even two weeks. And a recent article in New York

magazine's The Cut, this is what got us on to this, focused on adults taking what they call

gap years or even mini-retirements, not waiting until they're eligible for Medicare, let's say,

or they can get health insurance and not work in the workplace,

but getting to clear their heads and see the world now.

And we want to hear from you.

Have you taken a gap year after starting working?

So not the college gap year that a lot of people take,

but an adult gap year.

212, 433, WNYC. However you defined it, however it applied to you, maybe a long break between

jobs or even between careers. Tell us your story of why and how you took those breaks

and what you did with the time.

And not really talking about career changers here, but people who just took a gap year.

Tell us your story.

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And with us now is Charlotte Coles, the Cuts Financial Advice columnist who wrote the article. Hi, Charlotte. Welcome to WNYC. Thank you so much for having me.

What kinds of gap years did you most write about? Well, I think the great thing about these gap years

or sabbaticals or many retirements is that they really are what you want to make of them.

So as you mentioned, and I'm so glad you brought this up, sometimes it's just a matter of getting a new job and delaying your start date by a month if you can so that you can really take that time to spend time with family or travel

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