This week marks the beginning of my three month sabbatical from ThoughtWorks. One of the very special perks we have is the 12 week paid sabbatical after 10 years with the company. I reached my 10 year milestone last August but it took until now to plan a suitable time and to prepare my team.
It’s a pretty weird thing to plan on stepping away from your job for 3 months. Immediately I was peppered with lots of questions from friends and colleagues: “what are you going to do,” and “where will you go?” The truth is when you have two toddlers at home, you’re not going far, but the possibility of having that much free time on my hands again was very exciting.
That said, I do have lots of plans including:
- Eating and sleeping well
- Daily fitness activities, namely lots of Yoga, but also hopefully taking advantage of the many hiking trails around our house
- A meditation retreat
- Spending lots more time on my hobbies including gardening and music
- Returning to working on my personal blog and website which has become something I don’t make enough time for anymore. Considering starting one thats more professionally focused.
Proud to say that I’ve started off well with a great workout every day and an awesome trip with Jen and the boys to Stinson and then up the Highway 1 through the Marin hills.I don’t think I am going to live up to my original ambitions to blog daily, but I am going to set aside some time each week to work on it more, particularly some of the longer piece ideas I’ve had.
Stay tuned for updates!
