Yes , I completely agree with this . ' I ' m having a hard time understanding why you ' re trying to discourage me from following my dream . Could you please explain ? '<| sep |> It didn ' t happen lol <| sep |> Check the settings on the sidebar thing . Might be something amiss there . <| sep |> Yeah ! I ' m doing that ! The biggest problemchallenge IMO is not really the leave itself but that you ensure that , when you go back , you can get up to speed fast enough to not fall behind . Working isn ' t good for your studying muscles even if it ' s a demanding job . My reasons for leave are far less noble . I always hated studying since high school and I can ' t stand studying for four years in a row so I took a break and did work that I enjoy I wish I could just jump straight into work and skip college , but c ' est la vie . And to be honest I don ' t know why I ' m in UChicago if I hate studying . but too late to make a switch now . It ' s also important to not get too involved in work if part of the reason for your leave is to do some soulsearching in the form of considering your future , whether it be your career , interests , etc . If you aren ' t careful you ' ll just spend a year working and forgetting about thinking of your future and , with a month left till you have to go back , suddenly realize you haven ' t put enough time into thinking about what you want to do .