Why retire when you're too old to enjoy it? Take a break, quit your job now

Taking a break to travel isn't a crazy move, especially for millennials, because it can help give workers the stamina for longer, more sustainable careers

Millions of Americans obsess over their careers and fret about saving, terrified they won’t have enough to ever retire. The advice now being offered by some experts may surprise these worried souls: Take months or years off from work, travel the world, and enjoy yourself.

There’s a prudent logic behind a relaxing midcareer break. With longer lives come longer careers and longer retirements—the first so that you can afford the second. But a 40-year career, ending at age 60 or 65, is a very different prospect from a 50-year career ending at 70 or 75.

“It’s just too gruelling. We