If you have $275K in savings, I assume you have no debt? No loans, car payment etc?
Always having passive income is good. Side projects will keep you busy and bring in money. What happens in 6 months, or 1 year and you cant get a job? (worst case). There is a ~10% fee for cashing out 401k early fyi.
Take a long vacation, and come back and grind for a year or more then consider this stuff again. As someone that has 12 years on you, I wish I would have saved more and lived less fruitful so I can travel more now. It's easier to be in the grind now, then later. Why pass up good money/good job? My $0.02. Good luck in whatever you decide.
I think you will end up regretting not taking the time off in the long run. I took 2 months off last fall and feel stupid for not just quitting and doing my own thing. My manager said he never took any time off and regrets it. You will almost certainly never be in a better place to do this in the future.
Always having passive income is good. Side projects will keep you busy and bring in money. What happens in 6 months, or 1 year and you cant get a job? (worst case). There is a ~10% fee for cashing out 401k early fyi.
Take a long vacation, and come back and grind for a year or more then consider this stuff again. As someone that has 12 years on you, I wish I would have saved more and lived less fruitful so I can travel more now. It's easier to be in the grind now, then later. Why pass up good money/good job? My $0.02. Good luck in whatever you decide.