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If you had a 1 year sabbatical, what would you do? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 week ago by Cashmere@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Please be a little specific in your plan, not just "travel". Where do you want to travel ?

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[–] latenightnoir@lemmy.world 72 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (11 children)

Nothing! I'm super-serious, and I plan on doing exactly that for the following 6 months (quit my job, taking a break to address burnout and reorient): nothing.

By that, I mean I'll allow myself to get as much sleep as I humanly can, try to feed myself healthier food (and more regularly), develop my hobbies (mini painting, playing the bass, sketching, writing), re-establish a semblance of a social life by exploring the city and its options, spending more time with friends... Pretty much just living life. No goals, no quotas, no deadlines, no performance metrics, no side-hustle, no Work™.

[–] Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I did the same, except 'nothing' was 'play with my kid' and several years later it still registers as a very happy time, even though I should have been worrying about work, or lack thereof.

(I was going to the trampoline park 2-3 times a week with a toddler, great times.)

[–] latenightnoir@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

This is what life should be like in a sane world. Work should never take up as much of our cognitive bandwidth as it does now.

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