After finishing high school in Mendham, N.J., Maggie Doyne wasn't sure what she wanted to do. She'd been an ambitious and driven student -- the editor of her school yearbook, a varsity athlete, and the class treasurer -- but as she weighed her options for college, she felt increasingly burnt out, and decided that she should take some time off.
"I took what's called a gap year," Maggie said, speaking to The Huffington Post from her family's home in Mendham. "I was about to make this investment in my life, but I didn't have a strong direction. I wanted to figure that out."
