I was made redundant in 2002. I made the bold decision to sell my house - and decided to go and find a place in Spain to live! I ended up visiting Spain lots of times to assess different areas and eventually bought an almond farm with 45,000m2 of land with a house (well...a stable really...but I thought I'd "big" it up!) - and another house by the sea which needed a complete overhaul. I bought in Southern Spain (Granada province) on the basis that I could spend the morning skiing and then the afternoon on the beach - perfect! I then fell pregnant with my daughter and quickly rushed back to Spain to sort out the renovation of one of the ...  Read the complete review

A career break is not necessarily a profession, although Dooyoo put this category under the section for professions/occupations. I only had one serious career break and it was 3 years ago. I had worked for 8 years in 3 different jobs and I needed a break. I resigned from my job, at that time I was working as a teacher. I knew that it would be easy to go back into the profession if I wanted to. In August I left London and went on holiday to Spain and Greece for one month and while on holiday I met a group of Australians and joined them for a tour of Italy, Croatia, Rumania and Bulgaria by car. It was a great experience and we ...  Read the complete review

Down-sizing and career breaks are becoming increasingly more common in the 30’s and upwards age groups. I have spent eleven years working in the financial markets in London and in the last few years, have seen two colleagues leave their senior financial positions, one set up on his own as a photographer and the other moved to Cornwall to work on boats. Quite a change from their city jobs but both felt it was the right thing to do for themselves and their families. Certainly everybody admired them for it and I think a few envied them as well. For those who would like or need to do something less permanent, a career break could be an option. I did this in 2004 and my .  Read the complete review