Sabbaticals benefit you? At any age? Say it ain’t so.
Caroline Brewton, recovering journalist, communications and marketing professional and sabbatical diarist is making waves by publicly journaling her sabbatical adventures on LinkedIn. She’s on a self-funded path to create a healthier relationship with work.
Rest is productive
For more of her takes such as how PTO is not the enemy — wasted hours on the clock are, facetime is not a metric of success and America’s passive-aggressive work attitude, be sure to give this episode a listen.
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Time Stamps of the Episode
Strategic Rest and Recovery From Burnout (0.02-7:46)
Understaffing as a Revenue Strategy (7:47-10:28)
The Evolution of the Jobseeker (10:29-11:25)
How Caroline Funds Her Sabbatical (11:32-16:07)
Explaining the Resume Gap (16:08-18:36)
Caroline’s background (18:37-23:46)
8-Hour Work Day and Working Styles (24:22-31:05)
Productive Rest (31:06-32:27)
American Work Culture is Passive Aggressive (32:35-35:13)
Overcoming a Factory Mindset (35:17-41:09)
Caroline Debunks an Unpopular Opinion, Closing Notes (41:10-44:52)