microretirement

See also: micro-retirement

English

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Etymology

From micro- +‎ retirement.

Noun

microretirement (countable and uncountable, plural microretirements)

  1. (neologism) An extended break from employment.
    • 2024 September 7, Gabriel Hays, “Some young people plan ‘microretirements,’ borrow against goals of their future selves: Report”, in Fox Business‎[1]:
      Though a few workers have committed to the microretirement lifestyle, more and more young people say they are open to the idea of taking extended breaks from work to volunteer or focus on "personal projects," WSJ noted, citing data from Handshake, a job database for college students.
    • 2024 December 16, Tony Case, “Need a break? Microretirement may be the answer”, in WorkLife‎[2]:
      Industries that enable employee microretirements typically share key characteristics: they offer flexible scheduling, remote work capabilities, project-based work structures and significant individual autonomy.
    • 2024 December 31, Brooke Kato, “What is ‘microretirement’? Gen Z and millennials spawn new career trend to help with woes”, in New York Post‎[3]:
      Anaïs Felt, a 31-year-old content creator based in the San Francisco Bay area, has “never felt better” after taking a microretirement this year.

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