Wonderful of you for taking control and scheduling yourself an adventure! I do have a recommendation! Holland America Multiweek cruise around the Mediterranean! You can see Rome, Venice, Athens, Santorini, Barcelona, and so many other classic destinations all the while conveniently having your cabin on the ship as a “home base” so that you don’t have to spend time packing and unpacking and bouncing from hotel to hotel. Their Baked Alaska is delicious, too. Also, if you like beautiful castles, go spend a week in the French Countryside! They have many gorgeous castles with beautiful grounds that are absolutely picturesque to explore. ❤ safe travels
More power to ya, Michelle! You've been an inspiration to us "baby actuaries", but you owe us nothing. You owe yourself the world, though! Take this time, do your thing!
Inspiring to hear that you're putting your health before your job and taking this break. Is this kind of leave option becoming more common in the actuarial profession? You mentioned visiting Ireland and I totally recommend that! A few years ago my ex (a total Hibernophile) and I flew to Dublin, rented a car, drove to Galway, and then spent about a week driving to different places and looped back to Dublin. Maybe not the most relaxing trip ever but one of the most memorable weeks of my life (and not terribly expensive either!) :)
This is amazing news. I definitely think there comes a time in everyone's lives where one of these breaks is needed. It is so beneficial. I hope you come back refreshed, relaxed and tanned ;). Do keep us posted, would love to see what you get up to.
Woah, you must be spot on about your situation being common to many of us right now because I am on a very similar situation, even including going to an all-inclusive in Mexico in January for a week!
Enjoy and rest your mind. I have been an actuary since 2006 but I only started working as an actuary in 2012 and only in January 2023 I will travel to Miami on vacation, it was 10 years of uninterrupted work and our mind needs a rest so we can learn more. Good trip, good learning and great personal achievements for you.
@@Actuaryelle Just one more detail, I am an actuary in Brazil, where the actuary is not as consolidated as in Canada. It is unfortunate because it is a fundamental activity in many sectors and without it, where would the risk analysis be, where would the pricing be?
This is very inspiring! I was a little worried by the title wondering if you were leaving the profession. I just started watching your actuary videos as I was already interested in switching careers (at 25) from a high school math teacher to an actuary, and your videos are making me more and more confident that this is a great new path for me. The fact that some companies offer this is amazing to me, I was worried about if I would be able to get used to having less time off than a teacher and no consistent long breaks. It's so nice that you are able to take time to solely rest and work on yourself. I've been trying to do it while teaching and it is slow but steady progress, I hope it goes well and you are able to find good friends!
As an actuary who also has a minor in computer science, I would personally make one of the books you should read is "The Pragmatic Programmer" by David Thomas and Andrew Hunt, in particular the second edition. It is honestly just such an amazing read and honestly I think 70% of it is less about coding details and more just thinking about different ways to solve problems. Also as a person how doesn't read a ton and doesn't enjoy reading that often I would recommend audible. It is so much easier to pop an audio book on while doing something than to try and sit down and read.
Hi Michelle! I’ve been watching your journey for years now, im glad you’re able to take this well deserved break :) something that helped me make friends in my city was bumble bff (it’s like a dating app for friends)
I’m so excited for your LOA. I’m planning to take two or three months off once i finished my fellowship requirements myself. Much love from Philippines.
I recently also realized that I don't have a lot of hobbies, so I started getting myself into Disc Golf. It requires me to be outside and somewhat active and it's super easy to get into (a lot of parks have free courses to play on, and basic discs are pretty cheap). I've had a lot of fun with it, so maybe give it a try when you're traveling.
Que bien que te tomas un descanso. Puedes visitar México en algún tiempo te divertirás. Thank you for teach about your actuary life. Saludos desde México.
What percentage of your salary were you able to save as an Actuary? I am guessing comparing someone with 4 exams, compared to an FSA like yourself is unfair because of the different salary, but the % of your salary that you have saved is interesting to look at.
Good question! I'll have to look at that, but its fairly high (probably 30-40% of net) because I don't have a particularly luxurious lifestyle I dont expect to save any money next year 🤣
Skip bali, too commericial by now, get just a backpack and go straight to southeast asia, enjoy the streetfood, beaches and islands. Did it once and loved it all
@@Actuaryelle I went to thailand and traveled all of the coast with my then gf. It was absolute heaven to me, and cheap! The gf continued a solo travel to vietnam and laos, she said it was even more beautifull. Also it felt absolutly save and you meet allot of westerners allong the way if you want to. I remember Railay bay, oh boy what a place. My niece is in thailand actually right now doing pretty much the similar. She went to bali first and told us about the commercial thing.
@@Actuaryelle I’m your Vietnamese subscriber and also an Actuarial Student. If you are coming to Hanoi, Vietnam, it’s a great city and I would be happy to tour you around. Hope you have a great memorable 6-month break 🎉🍀🥰
@@Actuaryelle You can try coming to Indonesia! You don't have to come to Bali, there's plenty of amazing places to visit since we're so big and diverse. I recommend coming to Yogyakarta and just explore the city and eat local foods, visit the Borobudur temple, one of the largest Buddhist temples in the world. Or you can just stop by in Jakarta and just eat. The food is the experience here
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