A NO. 1 NEW RELEASE ON AMAZON: Your guide to quitting your life temporarily
Your Mini Sabbatical
Have you ever gone on vacation and fantasized about tearing up your return ticket?
Have you dreamed of quitting your job?
Have you wondered what your life would be like on that path not chosen?
What if you could run away to chase your dreams – without hitting the eject button on your regular life?
You can do it. Even if you’re pretty sure you can’t.
If you’re longing for freedom and adventure, it’s time to make your plan for a mini sabbatical.
If you’re concerned that you can’t afford it, or that your boss or family would never go for it, you’re not alone. You’ll meet lots of different kinds of travelers who made it work, and you’ll get expert advice on how you might give it a go.
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Your how-to resource for taking a break
Get all the benefits of travel and time away, simplified to help you to make your respite a reality. This book is the compass that will guide you through the planning process and straight into new possibilities.
I draw on my own experience of packing up with my husband, and sometimes our cats, to live in places ranging from New Orleans and San Francisco, to a cottage near the Atlantic Ocean on Long Island and three Costa Rican beach towns, then happily returning to our life in Brooklyn, New York.
But I’m not only sharing my decade of wisdom earned through trial and error, but I’ve also rounded up a diverse mix of fellow sabbatical travelers who share their own experiences and insights. You’ll hear from people who:
- Worked remotely, traveled between jobs or took a formal sabbatical program.
- Stayed in one place or explored multiple locales.
- Visited domestic or international destinations.
- Traveled with their kids of various ages.
- Couch surfed, pet sat or won an artist residency to afford the experience.
Whether you crave adventure, relaxation or creative pursuits, this book will inspire you to stop daydreaming and start doing. You don’t have to quit your life. You can take an intermission. Quit your life temporarily.
where do you want to go?
If you don’t have a place in mind, the possibilities might be overwhelming. Get guidance for how to choose your destination, plus inspiration for how to spend your time well.
how should you prepare?
What do you need to line up to keep your home functioning and what will help you in your travels? From packing smarter to settling in, I’ll help you.
what if it doesn’t go as planned?
Travel rarely does, like the rest of life. You’ll hear why letting go of your expectations can help you get the most of your mini sabbatical.
how can you afford it?
Build a doable budget, and explore ways you can travel for less than you might expect. We’ll even get a little philosophical on your relationship with money.
how can you get your boss or family on board?
If you need to win over important people in your life, you’ll get strategic support to prepare for those conversations. The key is knowing what their priorities are.
can you give yourself permission to do it?
If you realize the biggest barrier to taking the mini sabbatical of your dreams is you, you aren’t alone. Get your permission slip signed.
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Course: Prepare for your mini sabbatical
As excited as I am to have people read “Your Mini Sabbatical,” my real hope is that you’ll plan your own escape.
This course will help you tackle some of the biggest stumbling blocks, the challenges I heard over and over in my research.
You can do the entire course or just jump into the topic that’s most helpful to you.
If you read “Your Mini Sabbatical,” you’ll find a code in the back of your book to take this course for free. You’ll enter that promo code when you click the button below and check out on Thinkific. (But of course you don’t have to buy the book to want help with your plans!)
what stands in your way?
We all have some obstacles to taking a mini sabbatical, so you’ll name yours. Then you’ll look for possible ways to overcome them.
what’s your mini sabbatical vision?
You won’t just create one, you’ll do four visions. Why? Because giving yourself room to experiment with different plans can help spark creative thinking.
who do you need to convince?
Whether you need to win over your boss, your spouse or your kids, you’ll prepare by identifying their possible concerns and what matters to them most.
what’s your budget?
You’ll compare your spending at home to what it might look like on a mini sabbatical. The numbers might just surprise you.
what might change with your finances?
Are there costs like your commute or day care that you’d eliminate by traveling? Might some shrink, depending on where you go? How could you sock away travel savings?
how will your plan evolve?
You don’t have to get it all right the first time. I encourage you to iterate until you find something that works for your time, budget and interests.
Self-paced modules make it easy for you to work the way that suits you best
Choose your own adventure
You’ll get access to all the worksheets and videos all at once. You can dedicate an afternoon to doing a course all at once or you can spread the modules out over several days, if that fits your life better. Do them in order or bounce around.
Choose the way you like to work. Each segment includes written instructions, a video and worksheets. Everyone learns differently, so whether you like to read or listen or watch, I’ve got you. I suggest you set aside some quiet time where you focus on yourself, but you can listen to the video while you’re exercising or on the go, if you’re more of a podcast person. You can sleep on the exercises or talk them over with friends. Create the experience that meets your needs and preferences.
Get interrupted? Pause the video for a minute or a week. Chip away at your worksheets as you have time. You control your progress.
Redo a lesson when you need it. As your life shifts and evolves, you might find a new need for a module. That could be a refresher on the idea or perhaps now your circumstances call for different thinking. Repeat whenever you need it.
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