New Delhi, Aug. 18 -- When 24-year-old product designer Suraj Menon quit his job at a Bengaluru startup this year, he didn't have another offer lined up. What he did have was a spreadsheet of savings, a one-way ticket to Tokyo, and a firm decision: to take a year off from work.
"I enjoyed the work, but the relentless pace was driving me insane-long hours, tight deadlines, no time to decompress," he says. "It took a toll on my mental health and strained my relationship with my parents. I didn't want to burn out before 30."
It wasn't impulsive, Menon says. He'd lost seven kilos, slept poorly, and stopped meeting friends. "I would come home irritable, eat junk, and go straight to bed. The only thing I looked forward to was logging off."
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