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Jack's avatar

I can definitely see the benefits of disappearing for a while, I think the trouble is many people see that as a fix in of itself, but forget the reflection you added in

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Lisa W's avatar

Rick (and Jack) you are 100% correct that the sabbatical has to be infused with introspection to really get the desired effect. After being laid off in 2023 from a health tech company, I decided to take a sabbatical. I spent 6 weeks traveling Europe and considering what was going to be next. The goal I made for myself was that I would only go places I hadn't been before, except for ending in London (my ancestral hometown), and I had to do one thing every day outside my comfort zone. In order to keep myself interacting with people, I set a goal to have meaningful conversations with locals about their healthcare systems, because that's what I know. Inevitably, we would talk about other things because I found they were just as curious about me as I was them. When I came home, I had a much clearer vision of what I wanted going forward. While I deviated from that for about a year, I now have much more resolve--and joy!--about my New World of Work.

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