Danica Nelson during her second sabbatical in Malaga, Spain.

When Danica Nelson, a career-break expert and finance-and-travel educator, found herself exhausted from the corporate grind, she knew it was time to hit pause.

“I [was] burnt out from aggressively trying to climb the corporate ladder as well as build my personal brand outside of work.”

After about a year-and-a-half of thinking about it, planning and making the necessary arrangements with her employer, she took six months off in October, 2019, to solo travel throughout Southeast Asia.

“I visited Thailand, Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines,” Ms. Nelson says. “It was a life highlight for me.” She took a second sabbatical this past year in Malaga, Spain.

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