https://aaron.blog/tags/sabbatical/Recent content in Sabbatical on The Dangling PointerHugoen-usTue, 13 Nov 2018 14:57:36 +0000https://aaron.blog/about-getting-paid-to-not-work-for-90-days/Tue, 13 Nov 2018 14:57:36 +0000https://aaron.blog/about-getting-paid-to-not-work-for-90-days/<p>I've <a href="https://aaron.blog/ninety-days-of-getting-paid-to-not-work/" rel="noopener">been on sabbatical from work</a> since mid-August. Today was my first day back. What did I learn in that time?</p><h3 id="no-single-moment-of-truth-achieved">No single moment of truth achieved</h3><p>I did not have that quintessential "aha" moment of clarity that I thought might come during this unique time off. This experience was a huge shift for me living a life of priorities only set by myself. I had the ability to do whatever I wanted every day (somewhat) and it took some time to embrace that.</p>https://aaron.blog/ninety-days-of-getting-paid-to-not-work/Tue, 14 Aug 2018 19:41:34 +0000https://aaron.blog/ninety-days-of-getting-paid-to-not-work/<p>Yesterday began day one of 90 that I'll be taking as a sabbatical from work.</p><p><a href="https://automattic.com/work-with-us/" rel="noopener">Every five years at Automattic</a> we're given an awesome gift of a paid sabbatical - something I've never dreamt possible in our current age. The word "sabbatical" is heavily laden with teaching references. Even dictionaries reference education in its definition:</p><!--kg-card-begin: html--><p style="padding-left:30px;"><span class="hg x_xh0"><span class="hw" role="text">sabbatical </span><span class="prx">| <span id="m_en_gbus0890920.018" class="ph t_respell">səˈbadək(ə)l</span> | </span></span><span class="sg"><span id="m_en_gbus0890920.004" class="se1 x_xd0"><span class="posg x_xdh" role="text"><span class="pos"><span class="gp tg_pos">noun </span></span></span><span id="m_en_gbus0890920.005" class="msDict x_xd1 t_core"><span class="df" role="text">a period of paid leave granted to a university teacher or other worker for study or travel, traditionally one year for every seven years worked</span><span class="gp tg_df" role="text">: </span><span class="eg" role="text"><span class="ex">she's away <strong><span class="bold">on sabbatical</span></strong></span><span class="gp tg_eg"> | </span></span><span class="eg" role="text"><span class="ex">he requested permission to <strong><span class="bold">take a sabbatical</span></strong> in Istanbul</span><span class="gp tg_eg"> | </span></span><span class="eg" role="text"><span class="ex">he <strong><span class="bold">took</span></strong> a three-month <strong><span class="bold">sabbatical from</span></strong> his job as CEO of a family business</span><span class="gp tg_eg">.</span></span></span></span></span></p>