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Technically not a sabbatical, but I saved up a bunch of money, quit my job, and have been studying abroad in Japan.
I'm assuming money is not an option?
Learn shit. Painting class, cooking class, poetry, random community college shit. Hire a language tutor if I could. And I'd hire a personal trainer and chef, since I'd have time to try and work on myself. Maybe a coding boot camp if I can keep up, so I can come back with a whole new career. I think I'd make that my goal. Dabble in as many things as I can to see what I like. And I also just like learning random shit.
When I have three months left, I'll take a trip to visit all the places I've been interested in moving to. I'd hope to come back healthier and smarter, in some way.
I would also leave myself two weeks to just be before I had to go back to real life.
I kind of did this once! Essentially I got laid of from a job but happened to have a good money buffer and life was quite inexpensive at the time, so I just thought "fuck it" and went as long as I could without working, I made it about a year.
It was awesome! My mental health has never been better, I wrote most of a book, got pretty decent at Blender, started working on learning to make games... and then I had to go back to work and it all went to shit lol, that was several years ago and I haven't touched any of it since.
- Learn how to cook fancy food
- Gym like hours a day
- Start a dinner club (my husband loves the idea)
- Pro bono tech support/advice for charitable organisations and non-profits