I'm glad I didn't do it and instead rediscovered how I felt as a 6yro boy being told to get out of the house into the the pouring rain by my dad. There were woods all around where I grew up and I remember complaining about boredom. My dad had this rule where he would kick me out if I complained about being bored. So I went to the woods and gave names to "my trees" and built shelters to sit and imagined what it was like to be a native American.
If you're looking for work you should work on yourself first and not blame your environment. Nobody will stop you from complaining of course but it's ultimately not getting you anywhere. Some of us have better starting points but I'm living proof that even if your whole family is abusive garbage, you can optimize your chances of luck in life.
If your environment doesn't support you it's on you to change it. Even if that means leaving your country, your friends, your family. Even if it means leaving your kids! Because what kind of a role model can are you to them when all you spew is toxicity? They're better without you in that case. So it's better to fix yourself.
Money, job, income doesn't play a role in this when the only future you can imagine is you not hugging a tree but hanging in one.
How would you determine who is "overpaid" and who is not? Have you ever been overpaid in your own opinion? Why?
And that's if you don't get a doctors note to get some time off for your mental health.
Certainly possible.
I think the only realistic options for most people are to (1) quit and take extended time off between jobs, or (2) get approval for unpaid leave. Unfortunately most jobs don't have an option for the latter. And even if your job does offer unpaid leave, I don't think I could truly "disconnect" knowing that work is potentially piling up in the background and waiting for me when I get back.
Knowing you've got work waiting when you want it / need to make money is a blessing, not a curse. Having to worry about it piling up sucks. But basically it means both options are available to you: (1) take extended time off, or (2) get approval, because you're necessary enough that the work will still be waiting for you when you get back.
There's also (3) pick up jobs while you're traveling - teaching English, bartending, working for a nonprofit that will cover your housing, or something more creative. That's how most of the long-term travelers I know did it.
The only basic requirement is being sick enough of everything here to take the first step off the ledge. When I left my job and left America, I had $15k in the bank, way more than the OP, but it was still scary and I was giving up a $60k job to do it. Hands down the only good decision I ever made in my life, that gave me a real sense of who I was. I would never have gotten to that knowledge, no matter how much more I made staying in the US; I would have just become more of a slave to the dollar, less and less inclined to seek new experiences (like I'm afraid I'm becoming now).
Even in the US "most people" could probably be lumped into per diem, contract, gig, or remarkably tenuous work arrangements.
The US is the exception, not the rule. Most countries have a mandatory minimum of around 24 paid vacation days / year. Also usually a bunch of national holidays to plan your vacation around.