Back in the early 1980s, the idea of taking a gap year was non-existent. For every job opening, there were 100 qualified applicants – the unemployment rate was sky high.
Today, labor is scarce and can do what it wants to do – hence, those with the money can now take a gap year holiday to “rejuvenate” from their work life.
This is kind of a silly article: Breaking from routine with a mini sabbatical or ‘adult gap year’ can be rejuvenating | AP News
About the author: “Colleen Newvine is the product manager of the AP Stylebook at The Associated Press. She is the author of “Your Mini Sabbatical.” She and her husband have lived temporarily in New Orleans, San Francisco and three small beach towns on Costa Rica’s Nicoya Peninsula, among other mini sabbatical locales.”
Because writers – it’s always writers – can easily work remotely and think everyone else can do that too.