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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Hypothetical Question
Imagine you had 6-9 months of your life that were wide open. No spouse, no job, no family responsibilities, and you didn't particularly have to worry about money (but you're not a Rockefeller either, so nothing insanely extravagant).
What would you do? Travel (even though it would be by yourself)? Volunteer (anywhere specific)? School/classes/program of some sort? Have fun being carefree and spend time with friends and family/getting into hobbies? Get a job/work anyway because otherwise you'd feel lost or unsettled? Something else?
Re: Hypothetical Question
I would do some traveling for sure, probably with tour groups so even though I would be by myself, I wouldn't totally be on my own. I would go to Antarctica because that's my dream trip and my husband has negative zero interest in going there. (I know that's ridiculously extravagant but it's my fantasy)
I would spend some time in CA with my family and do all of the house projects here in NY that we can't seem to finish because we're so busy. I would do yoga like a crazy person.
I would travel as much as my budget would allow. I would also do Antartica, and maybe spend some time lazing around in Italy- take a cooking class there and do a lot of eating.
There is also a jewelry forging class at one of my local community colleges that I have really wanted to take, so I would take advantage of that as well.
Oh and I would probably take on some project like learning how to sew or make a quilt or something.
I would do it all!
With 6-9 months I'd travel a bit (Europe, US, Australia), see family and friends (part of the travelling). I'd exercise like a fiend and get hot. I'd pick up and re-connect with some hobbies along the way (read a ton, quilt, crochet, scrapbook, play piano, empty my netflix queue, get to the expert level on Rock Band). Maybe take a class, but nothing to stress me out or anything. Volunteer too. The only way I'd get a job, if I didn't need to, would be along my travels to experience something different.
That being said...the longest I've ever had off (besides maternity leave) since college is a month...and I was searching for another job. If you seriously have 6-9 months of (what I consider) freedom...without major money issues....ENJOY IT, DO NOT WASTE IT!!! That type of opportunity doesn't come along very often, or even for very many people. Ok, I'll get down from my soapbox now.
Whatever you do....let us live vicariously through you!
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I would definitely do the travel/volunteer combo. I would love to go to developing nations and help build wells or schools, help in an orphanage and do other missionary-type work. Or maybe help with an animal sanctuary. And, if I had your talent, I'd take AMAZING pictures all along the way! And maybe write about it.
I might try to track my ancestory and visit the place my family came from. That would be super cool.
If I could afford to travel, I would talk a friend into going with me somewhere, but I have a hard time imagining me ever having the kind of money lying around necessary to jet off to Asia like I'd want to.
Realistically what I'd actually do is:
Join a gym, finish all of my half-started sewing projects, deep clean my whole apartment, and volunteer for the humane society.
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