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Re: the whole life sabbatical (part 3 of 3)

ST — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 17:28:50 -0000

"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.

Re: the whole life sabbatical (part 3 of 3)

Writer's Coin — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 07:30:27 -0000

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.

Re: the whole life sabbatical (part 3 of 3)

fathersez — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 03:08:26 -0000

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!!!

Re: the whole life sabbatical (part 3 of 3)

Brian — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 23:33:25 -0000

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...

Re: the whole life sabbatical (part 3 of 3)

Anonymous — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:19:30 -0000

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!