[deepshaswat]

I took a 4-month break after 10.5 years working at 5 companies - from big enterprises to startups. I was okay financially, had a kid 9 months old at that time and living in a remote town.

That was the best decision I took. I got refreshed, learned many things about myself, and had a great time.

During that time period, I decided to build my own startup and then started thinking like a founder/problem solver than an employee. After 8-9 months, registered a company and building MVP on that, created a custom CMS and blog site.

Moneywise, I am constrained but very happy with my time and work I do. I used to dread Monday's but nowadays, I don't even put in alarm and is awake around 3:30 am and long work hours are tiring but not mentally exhausting as I don't answer to anyone and love the product I am building.