10 Nov Solitude vs loneliness
Another chapter, another adventure, another shift in life. I have left my corporate job and am transitioning into something new, both personally and professionally. Part of this shift is (re)creating space to...
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“We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect.” - Anais Nin
06 Oct Thresholds towards change
As part of our sabbatical guiding practice, we put emphasis on the start of the sabbatical or pause. To intentionally carve out space and time to mark the step from...
22 Sep Lessons from a Sabbatical – Part 2
Learning is good for your mind, body and soul. But do you ever feel like you are learning the same lessons over and over again? That was the case with...
08 Sep Lessons from a Sabbatical – Part 1
Even though we are advocates for taking a sabbatical or even just pausing, it can still be ridiculously hard to take our own advice. This summer, I navigated a “slow-down-ish-ness”...
18 Aug Using a pause to focus
I recently had to get progressive lens for my glasses which is part of accumulating years in this life. The focus and ability to read books and my phone without...
04 Aug Re-entry to the blogosphere after a pause
Back in March, we took a blogging pause or a sabbatical from writing. In addition to the heaviness of multiple lockdowns and the grief from the pandemic, there was a...
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...
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...