I can’t really imagine a lot of situations where a person has months to themselves without triggering one of those two...
Retirement, among people with retirement savings and no major health issues yet? I’m sure that’s been studied. There’s also a number of professions where hiatuses of a couple months at a time are normal—teaching comes to mind, as do the more lucrative forms of seasonal employment.
There’s a category I call the petty rich. They have enough money that they don’t need to work, so long as they maintain a middle class or lower lifestyle. I’m not sure how many there are, but I’ve met a few. I’ve never seen them discussed or studied—they aren’t exactly conspicuous.
Retirement, among people with retirement savings and no major health issues yet? I’m sure that’s been studied. There’s also a number of professions where hiatuses of a couple months at a time are normal—teaching comes to mind, as do the more lucrative forms of seasonal employment.
There are also people with inherited money.
There’s a category I call the petty rich. They have enough money that they don’t need to work, so long as they maintain a middle class or lower lifestyle. I’m not sure how many there are, but I’ve met a few. I’ve never seen them discussed or studied—they aren’t exactly conspicuous.