Tag: sabbatical
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10 Lessons from a post-sabbatical, unemployed person
Eight months of unemployment will teach you things about yourself that a decade of 9-to-5 never could. Some lessons were expected. Some were not (the gym one especially). Here are 10 honest things I’ve learned from being home, being unemployed, and figuring out what comes next.
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Deconstructing the enemy graveyard, a corporate recovery
I’m at the end of my 6-month sabbatical, time that I’ve intentionally given myself off from the corporate merry-go-round after 30 years of ups and downs. And while I am using this time to reset my creativity, be present and play, most of the time in actuality has been spent in what I’m calling “corporate…
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90 day check-in
I find it surprising that time can pass just as quickly while not working as it does when fully employed. Originally, when I thought about what a 6-month sabbatical would look like, I imagined agenda-less days sprawling out in front of me. Cups of coffee drunk leisurely out on my patio, long walks with the…