My Favorite Sabbatical Resources
As part of my sabbatical, I've been reading more about productivity, idleness, meaning, happiness, etc. Here are the most interesting resources I've come across. Have a favorite? Send it to me and I might put it up here!
Table of Contents
Sabbatical Essays
- Things you're doing but don't want to be doing
- Nobody optimizes happiness
- Happiness is two scales
- The Psychology of Money
- Getting Rich: from Zero to Hero in One Blog Post
- Creating an Identity Bridge for Early Retirement
- The Pit, the Cabin, and the Dance Floor (and my reaction)
- Don't Kill Time
- Halftime
- The Long Night of the Soul
- What Iâve Learned From Having Cancer Is Nothing
- Getting Good Doesn't Feel Like Being Good
- How to Embrace Doing Nothing
- Some Advice Gathered from People Smarter than Me
- The Ultimate Guide & Reasons To Take A Sabbatical
- How to take a sabbatical
- Rest in motion
- How to Build a Life
- Known Costs, Unknowable Benefits
- Fulfilling Work
- Turning music into a chore is how I became a musicianÂ
- Commitments
- The Power of the Pause
- âWhereâs My Quarter-Life Chrysalis?â
- Some Thoughts On The Real World By One Who Glimpsed It And Fled
- Stacy Londonâs post-pandemic pivot was inspired by a mistake she made earlier in her career
- Do I Want It All?
- A life of splendid uselessness is a life well lived
- Getting stuff done by not being mean to yourself
- In Praise of Blowing Up Your Life
- No Such Thing as a Fresh Start
- When the thing that was meant to change your life doesnât change your life
- The Importance of Slowing Down: Reflections from a 1000Km 6 week walk while on Sabbatical
- How To Quit Your Job
Sabbatical Videos
Sabbatical Books - Nonfiction
- Escape Everything (now sold as I'm Out)
- Work Optional
- Make Time
- Your Head is a Houseboat
- Four Thousand Weeks
- I Didn't Do the Thing Today
- Show Your Work
- Early Retirement Extreme
- Your Money or Your Life
- Simple Prosperity
- Meditations
- Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind
- The Pathless Path
- Reclaiming Control
- Designing Your Life
- Quit: The Power of Knowing When to Walk Away
- Wintering
- Pivot
- What Color is Your Parachute?
- The Portfolio Life
- The Lion Tracker's Guide To Life
Sabbatical Books - Fiction
Sabbatical Communities
- The Idler
- New Escapologist
- The Sabbatical Project
- /r/FinancialIndependence
- /r/BaristaFIRE
- /r/CareerChange
- /r/FindAPath
- MMM Forum
Sabbatical Newsletters
- Raptitude
- James Clear
- The Whippet
- The Present Psychologist
- Thinking About Things
- The Imperfectionist (by Oliver Burkeman)
Sabbatical Coaching
- Beyond a Break
- Katrina Mcghee
- Wayfinders Collective
- Guided Coaching
- Dreamgarten
- Your Career Homecoming
- The Sabbatical Coach
- Better With Phoebe
Sabbatical Courses
Sabbatical Financial Planning
Sabbatical News
- Dispatches from the Great Resignation
- Is this the end of ambition?
- Why we need to normalize the sabbatical