“Sabbatical - a period away from work, agreed with your employer. The word is sometimes used interchangeably with 'career break' or 'adult gap year', but the specific feature about a sabbatical is that you will come back to the same job..”
So, for the very first time in my 16 years of working experience, I am taking a few months of sabbatical leave. I’ve been planning this for a while now and there are just too many things I needed time to sort out. Really glad to have the support from my family and my boss at work. I have been pretty thrifty during my normal days. Thus, although I will not be paid during these few months, I figured I’ll be ok. The last thing I want is to waste these few months away, not doing things I want to do due to budget constraints. Of course, I do not have an unlimited pool of wealth at my expense. So, although I do not plan on cutting my spending on ‘investing on myself’, I still will need to be careful of expenses.
Long story short, during these few months, I will be laser focus on getting my health back in sharp, and to come back stronger both physically and mentally. Anything else, needs to be on a lower priority. Knowing myself, I have always been a person wanting to do too many things at once. Thus this is something I need to constantly reminding myself. As of now, I have only briefly planned out the high level of what I am going to do. Life is half random, and I’m looking forward to the random part during the next few months.
Buying myself some present to celebrate my sabbatical