All depends on your own circumstances, at least you've got a plan though! I suppose if I didn't do my little sabbatical, maybe I wouldn't be a maxi now. And having experienced "retirement", I think when I do finally get there I need productive stuff to do. It's not good for your mental health to just bum around, fun for a month or 2 but gets you down after a while.

The far east does sound very nice though, certainly sunnier than North Wales 🤣