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• Bayou Rebirth

  
  Earthkeepers — Authority: 117
  Let me start by saying I am very afraid of water. Today, we joined a wetlands restoration organization — Bayou Rebirth — and were able to go canoeing in a swamp to view the different types of marsh, trees, and wildlife (birds). So, MacKenzie and I pulled on our boots and were a canoe team. She had done it ...
  4 days ago

• Moving Pictures

  
  Earthkeepers — Authority: 117
  Thanks to Timberland Earthkeepers Lynn and MacKenzie for the following update and photos documenting their week-long service sabbatical in New Orleans : Today was a fantastic day! The day started @ 7 am with breakfast, then everyone loaded into 5 vans and off for a day of working. We have 2 projects for the ...
  6 days ago

• Notes From New Orleans

  
  Earthkeepers — Authority: 117
  We’re pleased to offer these first updates from Timberland’s own Lynn Woodrum, one of two employees spending the week in New Orleans to help rebuild a community in need: Saturday, November 7 Lots of thoughts went through my head as I sat in airports today. What will the other people be like?  Will we all ...
  1 week ago

• Maybe She Was on to Something

  
  Philosophy Over Coffee — Authority: 123
  Scene: The greeting line after worship yesterday. An older woman walks up to the pastor and says, "That was a really good sermon!" The pastor half-jokingly responds, "Yeah, for once!" The woman quickly replies, "Oh no, I like a lot of them! I want a book of them!" For a couple years now, Ive toyed with the idea ...
  1 week ago

• Gearing Up for Good Company

  
  Earthkeepers — Authority: 117
  A year ago, we chronicled the journey of Timberland’s community engagement coordinator Brianne Wood as she joined 25 fellow volunteers from other companies for a week of Earthkeeping and community building in New Orleans .   This year, we’re proud to be packing up two of our Timberland colleagues for the ...
  1 week ago

• So are you happy?

  
  Niranjani: Perspective on Life, Meditation, Spirituality.... — Authority: 109
  Happened to bump into one of my ex colleague a couple of weeks back, it was about 4 in the evening and he was looking worn down, tired and exhausted. Long face and the worry lines all evident. During the course of an exact three minute conversation he turned around and said “……it has become even more hectic Raj, ...
  1 week ago

• Fallen and Flawed Takes Month-Long Sabbatical

  
  Fallen and Flawed — Authority: 459
  Suicide. That’s what some social media pundits might call a month-long break from blogging. So be it. I’m deeming November “Sabbatical Month.” A time of refreshment. Reflection. Restoration. [And reading, of course. Cant forget reading.] Needed, indeed. Especially after eleven months of near non-stop ...
  1 week ago

• Creative Down Time in the Workplace — Are You Down With It?

  
  The Hiring Site — Authority: 123
  I recently read this post about creative sabbaticals on Harvard Business Publishing’s blog. The article, which also features a video of a talk given by Stefan Sagmeister , owner of design firm Sagmeister Inc. in New York City, presents some interesting ideas about our ideas of creative thinking and space in the ...
  1 week ago

• Message From Photographer Barry Scharf

  
  1stAngel Arts Magazine — Authority: 154
  Message From Photographer Barry Scharf -1.0 5 2009-11-02 12:26:41 1stAngel Hi, to everyone at 1st Angel. I wanted to let you know of some exciting news. After 14 years of teaching art at the Art Institute of Seattle I was awarded a sabbatical to do HDR photography in the National Parks of America. I ...
  2 weeks ago

• Taking a break

  
  Stranger in a Strange Land — Authority: 124
  Yup, I’m taking a break. A sabbatical, leave of absence, vacation, or whatever you want to call it — a break from Web 2.0. As of writing this, I’m not sure how long it’ll be. I’m thinking at least two weeks, but maybe the whole month of November. We’ll just wait and see. No blogging, no Twitter, no ...
  2 weeks ago

• The Best Books for Round-the-World Travel

  
  Tim Leffel's Cheapest Destinations — Authority: 119
  I get asked for book recommendations a lot from people planning their first trip around the world or going on an extended trip. Thankfully half of the e-mails have “(besides yours)” in the request. Yes, of course I think The World’s Cheapest Destinations should be the one you look to when deciding where you can ...
  2 weeks ago

• The Birthday Edition

  
  Friday Favecast — Authority: 92
  Its Friday AND my birthday, so I had to emerge from my sabbatical and give you a special birthday edition -- my gift to you for your patience and support. In addition to hot new soul and progressive hip hop music, Ive got an on-location health update, Halloween tips from Will Dawson & The Friday 5ives PLUS an ...
  2 weeks ago

• The Yuri Kuklachev Cat Theatre

  
  STA travelbuzz — Authority: 129
  Time for something a little bit odd… Isla , one of our longer serving STA Explorers (and former EYSer), has been experiencing all that Moscow has to offer, however it turned out she had missed something - The Yuri Kuklachev Cat Theatre . The Yuri Kuklachev Cat Theatre is literally as mad as a bag of ...
  2 weeks ago

• Help: The Jason Scott Sabbatical

  
  David Fisher : What is Noise Blog — Authority: 127
  My friend Jason Scott (who runs Textfiles and feeds Sockington and Penny) was recently laid off. Jason does a lot of awesome stuff and would love to take a sabbatical to finish up a handful of... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
  3 weeks ago

• Take a Creative Sabbatical to Stave Off Burnout [Inspiration]

  
  Lifehacker — Authority: 818
  Taking breaks and zoning out from everyday tasks lets our brains do long-term, big-picture thinking that immediate engagement with bosses, email, and meetings does not. You dont need a week or month off, either—just commitment to being uncommitted. In an early episode of the excellent TV series Mad Men , agency ...
  3 weeks ago

• In which I say Im taking a brief sabbatical from Blogging...

  
  Laura's Review Bookshelf — Authority: 124
  Im doing NANO this year, again.  Hoping that I will not fail like Ive done in past years.  I have TWO works in process that Ive done NOTHING to in over a year.  However, most likely will not work on those either.  Theyre REALLY bad.  If you are a NANO participant and would like to buddy me.  I am Laura McCarthy ...
  3 weeks ago

• Have You Thought of Taking a Sabbatical?

  
  Abundance Blog at Marelisa Online — Authority: 115
  “Embrace all life has to offer, for one spends a long time dead.” – Dr. Jonathan Sackier A sabbatical is taking a period of time–usually anywhere from a couple of months to a year–away from your normal routine. It’s a time to immerse yourself in a different environment, try new things, reassess your ...
  4 weeks ago

• 5 Tips for Unloading a Needy Friend

  
  Blogs — Authority: 160
  There are some friends who are so needy that the friendship begins to weigh you down like an emotional ball and chain. Theyre always in need of one thing or another: money, favors, help, coddling, praise---or simply more time and attention than you are able or willing to give. Like a wailing toddler, they can be so ...
  4 weeks ago

• The value of scheduling sabbaticals every seven years

  
  disassociated.com — Authority: 443
  New York designer Stefan Sagmeister completely closes his studio for 12 months every seven years and devotes the time to travel and pursuing other interests. As he sees it his sabbaticals are an advance of time from his retirement years meaning he’ll work until he is 70 (which – the way things are going – is ...
  4 weeks ago

• Katherine & Ryan Still Got the Goods

  
  Barbecue Grills Plus Cover — Authority: 145
  Forget all the hoopla about Quince opening up last night. Who gives a fig when the real phoenix rising is none other than our beloved Katherine and Ryan formerly of Broken Record fame? The two wonder-chefies made their triumphant return to the SF food scene last night as guest chefs at Mission Street Food. After a ...
  6 weeks ago

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