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I spin therefore I am
I spent a lot of my life feeling like a spinning top. It used to be my default way of being before I went on sabbatical, not because it was the best way…
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Cécile Marion
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I am not my job
Taking an extended break from full-time work made it obvious to me that I had let work take up an unhealthy amount of space in my life. I am now back at…
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Cécile Marion
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Every sabbatical is a personal and unique journey
Over the past six weeks, I’ve spend thirty hours speaking to a bit more than forty people about sabbaticals.
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Cécile Marion
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Permission to spend my savings on a sabbatical
I had enough money in savings to go on a sabbatical away from work, but the idea of spending that money felt terrifying to me. It took a couple of big…
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Cécile Marion
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Kick-starting the creativity flywheel
In this piece, I share how nomading has being adding extra friction in my attempts to do creative work. I also share how I'm currently unblocking myself…
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Cécile Marion
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On Sabbatical
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