Some of that time I was bored. Really bored. I think that was a good thing and it helped me think deeply about a lot of things.

I mostly filled the time with traveling the world. I made it to all 7 continents, so I put that time to good use.

When COVID hit, that was too much. I was losing my mind from nothing to do. I started coding again, built an art website and newsletter.

Then I started studying and landed a job 6 months ago.

I got a few "Won't you get bored" or "I'd get bored" comments before I started my career break. I honestly don't understand it. I like software engineering (despite burning out), but there are so many other things in the world. I'm a year into my career break and I still don't get the "boredom" comments.