16 Mar The cost of not pausing
Have you considered the costs of not taking a pause? Sometimes it just feels impossible to step away from the frantic pace of life. There is a seemingly endless to-do...
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“We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect.” - Anais Nin
02 Mar What does a sabbatical cost?
As we continue our blog series about some of the reasons people don’t take a sabbatical, I am going to explore the potentially tricky topic of the assumed costs or...
16 Feb Change is a beautiful thing
Do the work of uncovering your Why. Do the work of establishing your own personal philosophy and set of values. Do the work of naming the highest, eulogy-worthy priorities in...
02 Feb What if pausing and changing is courageous?
Big changes or decisions will make ripples...
19 Jan To everything, there is a season
Could you change your thinking about time? I have been reflecting on my own relationship with time and how it seems to go fast and slow at the same time. There...
05 Jan Is pausing a waste of time?
I am struggling to write about the theme of “time” for our January blogs. Time is right near the top of the list as one of the biggest excuses we...
29 Dec Pause for year end reflections
Well, another year has passed. And what a year it was! We are not going to re-hash all of what 2020 has thrown at us. You have your own list...
15 Dec The privilege to choose a sabbatical mindset
As the end of the year approaches and people celebrate year end cultural traditions…it’s a great time to check in on yourself. How are you doing? When you made 2020...
01 Dec Taking a pause is for everyone
A lot of people think that only the “privileged” can “sabbatical” by…consciously pausing their life or their work. There’s an assumption that it’s only for academics, or people with lots...
17 Nov Your Own Permission to Pause
In October, I took a week off and was feeling pretty proud of myself that I was taking a “pause” from my full-time job. What I didn’t recognize is that...