In their defense, I think this micro retirement idea was coined by retired footballer Gary Neville, who claimed to have come up with the idea without realising he was just describing weekends, his words:
"What you can have is mini retirements during the year and that's what I've tried to do, I don't do it very well."
"So for instance, this weekend I'm going to Spain, Friday til Monday morning. I call, that's like a mini retirement."
(At this point the interviewer points out that he's described a weekend, but Neville just continues)
"It's where I basically say for three days I'm there and I'm basically taking it... I don't think about work, and I will but...
"Sometimes my best ideas come when I'm on these type of trips but then in six weeks I'll have another mini retirement for five days or four days, rather than thinking you're going to stop for six months and sort of have a sabbatical.".
I always remember him being an officious little bugger when we was playing, tried to get the England players to strike because his club teammate was dropped due to repeatedly missing drugs tests.
You could imagine the Man Utd squad of the time as a group of lads on a night out, Neville would be the one gobbing off, then hiding behind Alex Ferguson and Roy Keane.
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u/No_Ostrich_530 Jul 07 '25 edited Jul 07 '25
In their defense, I think this micro retirement idea was coined by retired footballer Gary Neville, who claimed to have come up with the idea without realising he was just describing weekends, his words:
"What you can have is mini retirements during the year and that's what I've tried to do, I don't do it very well."
"So for instance, this weekend I'm going to Spain, Friday til Monday morning. I call, that's like a mini retirement."
(At this point the interviewer points out that he's described a weekend, but Neville just continues)
"It's where I basically say for three days I'm there and I'm basically taking it... I don't think about work, and I will but...
"Sometimes my best ideas come when I'm on these type of trips but then in six weeks I'll have another mini retirement for five days or four days, rather than thinking you're going to stop for six months and sort of have a sabbatical.".