Archives for Sabbatical Stories
Secrets of Confident and Smart Long-Term Travel
Endings are powerful experiences. As the season of shopping, glittering lights and cookies gains momentum, we are letting go of the final days of 2012. How was it for you? Living the life you want? Too busy for much of anything? Cat got your tongue? Soon we’ll all receive the greatest gift of all – […]
The Purpose-Driven Sabbatical: New Approach to Achieve the Happy Factor
Without purpose, a sabbatical won’t make you happy. I’ve interviewed many individuals who thought all they needed to do was negotiate the time away, arrange for their work to get done, and instruct the tech department to dissolve temporary access to their email. Then, totally disconnected from work life, the grand experience of their sabbatical […]
New Sabbatical Program Falls Short of Top Notch
I give an “A” for effort to Ray Clark, Founder and CEO, of The Marketing Arm. He’s kicked off 2012 with a program that combines time and cash for his longtime employees. Not too bad so far, eh? Anyone who has been with the Dallas-based marketing and promotions agency for at least seven years is being rewarded with […]
Just What We Need. Ego-Driven CEO on Run-Away Sabbatical
It’s not as if Jared Heyman isn’t a nice guy. He does look likeable. And, as a driven businessman and entrepreneur, his success deserves celebration in ways he chooses. But, his idea of a sabbatical as “running away,” curls my brain. Taking into consideration that INC. needs to sell buckets of magazines, perhaps he did have a better message […]
The iRelaunch Return to Work Conference: Strategies and Employer Networking for Professionals Seeking to Return to the Workforce
Returning to work after a long sabbatical or hiatus that wasn’t employer-sponsored? The iRelaunch Return to Work Conference is produced throughout the US and abroad by the career reentry programming company, iRelaunch, whose founders are Harvard Business School alumnae Carol Fishman Cohen and Vivian Steir Rabin, authors of Back on the Career Track. The next […]
This “Crazy Thing:” The 6-Month Cycling Sabbatical
Every sabbatical experience is a chance to design a slice of your life. No matter how responsible you are, consider doing a “crazy thing” like Rabbi Bob Levy who, up until now, has liked to simply peddle around Ann Arbor, Michigan. A simple bike ride is far different than “this crazy thing like I’m doing,” Levy said. The […]
Is Girl Power Alive? Year-Long Sabbatical Project Seeks Answers
Sabbaticals associated with the academic world often receive a ho-hum reaction from me since the outcomes rarely seem to benefit anyone other than the professor and his/her career. But here’s a sabbatical with substantial payback and a project you can be involved in, too. What do you know about the “third wave of feminism in […]
A 30-day Walking Sabbatical: Talking With a Pilgrim of the Camino de Santiago
It’s one thing to go for an afternoon walk or hike for a couple of weeks. It’s quite a different experience to sleep in a different bed every night, eat alone or with strangers and put one sore foot in front of the other day after day after day. Sometimes you are alone on the trail; […]
Was Our Trip Career Suicide?
Let me be clear, I do not think that this is the case at all, but now that we are back in Philly, in the midst of a full-time job search, during the worst recession of our lives, the market (employers and clients) have yet to make a definitive call on the matter. So I […]
I’m Eating, Praying and Loving What’s Coming … and You Will, Too!
I’m disappointed. I expected the reviews on the new movie, Eat, Pray, Love, to be better. They’re not so hot. “… be warned that you are diving into a movie with the spiritual and emotional depth of a birdbath.” - St. Louis Suburban Journal. “A bloated monster of a movie. … gargantuan running time.” - […]
There is Only One Life You Can Call Your Own
Last month I spent a week on a walking tour in the Northern Lakes District of England with poet, David Whyte. In community with 21 others, I experienced the pastures and mountains, villages, locals, cuisine, pubs and sheep (lots of sheep) of the region. The treks were challenging; so is life. No matter your age, title, or size of […]
The Mini-Sabbatical: Carving 3 Hours Away from My World - Part II
In each of us dwells a wanderer, a gypsy, a pilgrim. On the second day of my mini-sabbatical – three hours carved out of a regular Thursday – I set out once again to do a pilgrim’s job of exploring a new land. In order to have this time out of a work day, I was […]
The Mini-Sabbatical: Carving 3 Hours Away from My World - Part I
Integral to a sabbatical is the longing to break away from the habits of our lives. More importantly, a sabbatical gives a break in a way that allows us to truly see the world around us. Cultivating this art – as a pilgrim in a new land - is as simple as slipping on a […]