Gen Z mocked for taking months off at a time to 'micro-retire' and 'optimise their mental health' (when they're really just going on holiday!)
Gen Z mocked for taking months off at a time to 'micro-retire' and 'optimise their mental health' (when they're really just going on holiday!)
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Young people are pledging to take 'mini-retirements' throughout their careers to maintain a better work-life balance. A new trend has emerged on TikTok that sees Gen Z workers from around the world vowing to take periodic breaks from the office to protect their 'mental health' - despite being several decades away from the retirement age.
![[Another TikToker described quitting their corporate job to focus on taking time to themselves]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/20/15/94299109-14304671-image-m-15_1737385493089.jpg)
According to Gen Z, 'micro-retiring' allows them to focus on themselves, 'make the most of youth', and 'optimise [their] mental health'. 'It's basically where, throughout your career, you time off instead of waiting [or] deferring [till] you're older to take all of your retirement,' one TikTok user explained.
The time off can vary from a few week to a year - with people using the career breaks to travel or work on their own projects. However, some have been more sceptical of the trend - with one person writing: 'The American mind cannot comprehend long term leave so they invent micro retirement'.
Another added: 'Isn't this just going on holiday?'. Young people are pledging to take 'mini-retirements' throughout their careers to maintain a better work life balance. In one video, British creator, Adama Lorna, (pictured) described the phenomenon. 'It's this idea that instead of waiting until you we're 60 or 70 to travel the world and try and indulge in this hobbies, you do them when you have your youth, energy and health - you dot them around your life'.
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