Someone asked me, "Is this basically just a big unpaid vacation?" At first I said yes, but now I realize, it's definitely not.

Vacations always felt more like desperate delays. The busyness of work and emails just pile up until you get back. This sabbatical is different. In fact, I also call it a "mini-retirement". No longer obligated to a job 40+ hours per week, every single new day is a clean slate. No dread. Real relaxation.

Yep... this is the fun, vacationy part.

I had two really epic trips in 2019 that whet my whistle for this sabbatical. One was a two-week RV roadtrip out west, and the other was my first voyage to Paris.

This sabbatical holds more of the same. South America, NYC, and a grand tour of US National Parks are already on my list.

"There is no labor from which most people shrink, as they do from that of sustained and consecutive thought." –Wallace Wattles

This might be my favorite part. I specifically designed this sabbatical to open up lots of blank space for my mind. In Jungian psycholgy, I'm cognitively F(e)/N(i) dominant. So, I've dedicated large chunks of the last 3-5 years studying how thinking actually works. Biggest lesson so far? Most of us were never really taught how, struggle to do so, and honestly, rarely do.

Alot more from me on this topic coming soon...

Early on in my career as a Digital Brand Strategist at Riggs Partners, I published my first ever blog posts. I really hope no one ever finds those...

Writing well is hard. Really hard. But here I am, at this place in life where many of my hard-won, foundational mental models are firming into place. I once read that "writing cements what you know, and exposes what you don't." I like the sound of that.

So maybe a few blog posts. Maybe a little booklet. Or maybe I'll just hide it all away in a dusty leatherbound journal, and shoot cheezy videos instead. We'll see.

Post #1: "Sabbati–what?" >

Post #2: "I just want to do nothing." >