A young woman who took 30 “micro retirements” to travel around the world said these experiences have transformed her from a shy, retired teenager into a confident, confident woman.
Lauren Kirby, 21, a childcare worker, said she saved more than $12,500 to travel to 30 countries since she first started working at the age of 18.
So far, she has visited Portugal, Mexico, Estonia and the US, among other countries, and has lived in Australia for six months, she said.
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These “minimal retirements” made her better with her work, and the British woman picks up parenting techniques from a variety of cultures, such as taking children for walks at all seasons throughout the year He said it was because he was able to do it.
Micro-Retirements has become a Tiktok trend, and SWNS pointed out as Gen Z workers take regular breaks from their careers to pursue other benefits.
Lauren Kirby traveled to 30 countries by carrying out a “minor retirement” as she said the experience “changed her life.” (SWNS)
Kirby, a native of Maidstone in Kent, told SWNS “After your first minor retirement, it literally changes your life.”
“It’s all going well and it’s good to travel when older generations reach retirement age. But it sounds very pathological, but you’ll never know if you’re going to get there.”
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When she took her first microretirement from her 18-year-old job, she returned a totally different person, she said.
“Now I’m in conflict with 30 countries and I’m working my way through the rest.”
She said she was 18 years old and decided to fly to Corfu in Greece for three months after seeing Tiktok ads for childcare workers.
Kirby saved enough money to go on multiple “micro-retirement” trips. (SWNS)
The travel agency paid for accommodation, flights, meals and bills, she said. She also paid her minimum wage, or $988 a month.
That meant she was able to save $3,130.
She used the money to fund her trips to Portugal, Finland and Mexico.
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In 2023, she worked part-time at a nursery near her home.
She then saved a long weekend and an annual holiday to travel to 26 countries. She said she flew to Australia’s east coast in March 2024 and stayed until September.
Many of Kirby’s adventures ultimately benefited her work, she said. (SWNS)
“I went out there, worked at the resort for the first five months, then a month of travel,” she said. “The money I made allowed me to just quit — and saw all the highlights of the East Coast, like Sydney and Byron Bay.”
Kirby said it was the community lockdown that encouraged her to take regular “micro resignation.”
She said she saw how quickly everything was shut down.
“Things can change in the blink of an eye.”
She told SWNS, fearing she might not be able to go abroad again when the border closes – and even now she said, “How can things change in the blink of an eye?” He said he was thinking about it.
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She said that in today’s younger generations, “there are more knowledgeable about moving abroad temporarily.
Kirby is shown above in both images. Gen-Zers like her take advantage of temporarily moving abroad and continuing to “minor retirements.” (SWNS)
She said that being travelled often benefited her in her work.
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She was able to regain a variety of cultural childcare skills to work in the UK, she said.
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In Australia, for example, she saw the benefits of taking young children for a 30-minute walk in all kinds of weather. And now she encourages UK children to do this too.
