Im Gen Z heres why Im entering a mini-retirement after working for just a few years

Generation Z isn’t just quietly quitting or doing the bare minimum on Mondays anymore.They’re treating themselves to “mini-retirements” and exiting the 9-5 grind for small periods whenever they can.The trend has emerged on the social media platform TikTok where young people are sharing that they’ve started taking periodic breaks from the workforce to prioritize their personal lives and are micro-retiring wherever they get the chance.“Why are you not working?” That was one of the main responses a 24-year-old got when she announced her plans to quit her job as an emergency nurse.Annabel Denisenko has been working as a nurse for three years in a hectic emergency department.She’s the first to admit that she loves it, but what she loves more is the opportunity to not work.“I’m not leaving nursing because I hate it.

I’m just excited to flee Australia and explore London and I’ve been back and forth from London and every time I leave I’ve never felt I was there for long enough,” she told news.com.au.Denisenko said she felt “giddy” the day she resigned not from nerves but from excitement about her impending freedom.“I walked out with the biggest smile on my face!” She said.Stay up on the very latest with Evening Update.

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Never miss a story.Online she broke the news sitting in her car and said, “oh my god I just quit my job” calling it the “best day ever!”.The 24-year-old said it was unexpected for her to quit because she was working her way up the nursing ladder and her skill level was increasing and quitting to some of her co-workers, family and friends seemed more “crazy” than anything else.“People were like ‘Why are you doing this? But I needed to go,” she said.“I’m calling it my quarter-life crisis.

Everybody my age was like ‘100 per...