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the whole life sabbatical (part 3 of 3)

Started by Steve @ bripblap · 10 months ago

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In part 1 of this three-part series I talked about walking away from various responsibilities in your life. In part 2 I talked about whether it would be easy to leave them. Now I’m going to bring it together with my thoughts on “walking awa ... Continue reading »

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  • Anonymous

    1 year ago

    Truer words have never been written: "Try to think of life as a series of experiences you WANT". I've decided I'm going to keep a set of stickies in Outlook with things like this in them.

    Thank you!
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  • Brian

    1 year ago

    I don't always agree with your post, but respect your point of view. This is an absolutely wonderful post; thank you for sharing! It is particularly relevant to me right now.

    Keep'em coming...
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  • fathersez

    1 year ago

    Your post makes a lot of sense. I just want to be able to work, just like you have suggested, more flexible and self directed.

    The chain holding me back is fear. Fear that I would not be able to continue sustaining my family and I without "the job".

    Since reading posts like yours here and other bloggers who have quit the race, I am bent on preparing better. Hopefully by this time next year, I should be out, out, out!!!
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  • Writer's Coin

    1 year ago

    I agree with you fathersez, this is one of those things that I think about after seeing a great movie or reading about an author that dropped everything to write and wrote something incredible.
    But fear is the big one. For me, it's a fear of failure. If I had that conviction in me (which, who know, I might) that told me "I will not fail, I know it," then I might make the jump. But even then you risk failing and that's just plain scary. Love the idea of it though.
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  • ST

    1 year ago

    "Try not to think of life as a series of things you HAVE to do. These are not powerful words. Try to think of life as a series of experiences you WANT."

    --excellent message, well-stated.
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