Rest, rhythms, boundaries, and protecting what matters during your leave
Putting up an email away message isn’t the same as setting boundaries for your sabbatical I took a yearlong sabbatical that started in the fall. As I was planning, I didn’t give much thought to the boundaries I would need to set to protect my time while I was away. I figured sometime in mid-August
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I love connecting with my clients while they’re on sabbatical and hearing how the plan we made together is panning out. This week I had a session with Claire, who is on yearlong sabbatical. One of her priorities for sabbatical was to overcome burnout and develop a more sustainable approach to her scholarship. She also
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I recently spoke with an academic who is in the middle of her sabbatical, and she described a scenario that might sound familiar: her young child is at home most of the day being cared for by her spouse while she’s working from home. Most days, she feels torn between work and spending time with
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One of the most common questions I hear from prospective sabbatical coaching clients is: “How do I create structure for my days when I have all this free time and little to no accountability?” An academic sabbatical creates a lot of tension. On the one hand, there’s a sense of freedom—no teaching or committee meetings,
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What are sabbatical “shoulds”? It’s so common to approach your academic sabbatical with your mind cluttered with “shoulds.” Do any of these sound familiar? I should submit X articles during my sabbatical. I should apply for that grant during my sabbatical. I should use my sabbatical to collect data. I should write a book during
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How i learned that less can be more I don’t have a green thumb. In fact, I’ve historically been pretty good at killing any plants that happened to make their way into my house. It’s not that I neglect plants—over-watering is my downfall. I’m so nervous about my inability to keep plants alive that I
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Academic Summer: The Myth and the Reality Have you ever anticipated summer, picturing long, languid days of writing, free from interruptions and meetings? You work away, finally getting all those projects off your plate. In this idealized version of summer, by mid-August you’ve accomplished all you hoped to do, you’re rested, and ready for the
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An academic sabbatical is meant to be a period of renewal, intellectual exploration, and, ideally, rest. Yet, for many scholars, the idea of “resting” feels counterintuitive or even impossible. If you’ve earned a sabbatical, it’s because you’re smart, motivated, and good at what you do. Those same qualities that got you to this point are
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How do i make a sabbatical at home feel like a sabbatical? Most of my clients are planning sabbaticals at home, or stay-batticals, and this is a question I get all the time. These clients are excited about sabbatical, but worried that because they are not going away, it will feel just like normal life, minus
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