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!

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 I’ve 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 musician 
• Commitments
• The Power of the Pause
• ‘Where’s My Quarter-Life Chrysalis?’
• Some Thoughts On The Real World By One Who Glimpsed It And Fled
• Stacy London’s 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

Sabbatical Videos

• The Power of Time Off
• Four Phases of Retirement
• The Answer is Not a Hut in the Woods

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

Sabbatical Books - Fiction

• Professor Chandra Follows His Bliss
• Burn: A Story of Fire, Woods and Healing
• Eat Pray Love

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 News

• Dispatches from the Great Resignation
• Is this the end of ambition?
• Why we need to normalize the sabbatical

Sabbatical Podcasts

• How to Build a Happy Life

Sabbatical Inspiration

• Hundred Rabbits
• Craig Mod
• Robert Wringham
• Molly White
• Time to Ungrind
• The Sabbatical Project Stories