Honestly, I have not once regretted taking time off and not maximizing for career/income for awhile. I got to raise my kids while they were young and I focused on healing my codependency which had been holding me back in many ways (relationships, work).

“20 years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” —Mark Twain