I think there’s another reason people in sabbaticals end up doing so much stuff: in this capitalist system we are encouraged to keep grinding and end up not having energy or time for the things we really want to do, so when we take sabbaticals we fill them with those things, the hobbies we want to get better at, the old hobbies we’ve always wanted to revive, the people we wanted to meet, the project we wanted to start, etc. Because time is precious and you need to get going with those things before the sabbatical ends!
Reading this makes me think about the Blog I started in 2014. While starting and the first few posts was not too slow, after that I realised I needed to maintain quality and so kept delaying doing another post... and delaying... and delaying... until I realised I even forgot which platform I posted it on. I found it and started thinking about another post... and then continued thinking... and then delayed... and guess what... still no post. One day...
I think there’s another reason people in sabbaticals end up doing so much stuff: in this capitalist system we are encouraged to keep grinding and end up not having energy or time for the things we really want to do, so when we take sabbaticals we fill them with those things, the hobbies we want to get better at, the old hobbies we’ve always wanted to revive, the people we wanted to meet, the project we wanted to start, etc. Because time is precious and you need to get going with those things before the sabbatical ends!
Reading this makes me think about the Blog I started in 2014. While starting and the first few posts was not too slow, after that I realised I needed to maintain quality and so kept delaying doing another post... and delaying... and delaying... until I realised I even forgot which platform I posted it on. I found it and started thinking about another post... and then continued thinking... and then delayed... and guess what... still no post. One day...