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But they replaced it with a permissive leave policy. How could I resist staying full time, and taking all the time off I need to "relax and rejuvenate, as often as needed". Seriously, they stated this directly in the policy letter. Now I have been struggling with giving up this paid time off, just to get away from any obligation to do one more project in some remote foreign country.
It would not be too bad, but my options are Egypt, flying coach class for meetings in Italy each month, or Mexico. My spanish is just not that good, and the middle east is just not my favorite hot spot (I do like Italy!). I have enjoyed reading posts these past few months, and just recently posted a few myself. We have been FI for sometime, and being close now to 61, I no longer want to do what I am told to work on, so I guess that sums it up. We still have a small business to keep us entertained in emergent situations, but it is time to rev up the travel and activities while our health is still good to go.
We did a 2 week South America cruise in Jan, and we are hooked once again on cruising. We laid off it for some years, but now appreciate even more the ease of seeing so much with little repacking. Looking forward to a southern Caribbean trip in Nov, followed by a nice week in Orlando for Thanksgiving with the east coast family.
I have all the anxiety anyone might have over social loss, routine, and other aspects of cutting the job loose, but I will not miss the Microsoft beemer traffic from Redmond into Bellevue each day.