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Rick Foerster's avatar

My (controversial) method: make money > take a break from work > write.

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Alberto Cabas Vidani's avatar

It IS controversial.

How do you take breaks?

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Rick Foerster's avatar

Like a sabbatical.

So completely separating working (for money) and writing, into different phases of life.

Not something I’m recommending… just something I’m doing!

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Alberto Cabas Vidani's avatar

Yes.

What's your job

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Rick Foerster's avatar

Not one of those jobs with a sabbatical embedded.

Just took time off after a long run at a startup.

Background: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richardfoerster/

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Alberto Cabas Vidani's avatar

I see. I guess jobs with embedded sabbaticals are not so frequent.

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Rick Foerster's avatar

It's rare.

But The Sabbatical Project is collecting data on companies with sabbaticals and trying to increase their number: https://thesabbaticalproject.org/corporate/

BUT even in the companies I've seen with sabbatical policies, employees don't always take them (usually for workaholism reasons - can't detach kinda thing).

That's why you need to TAKE a sabbatical, not wait to be given one.

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