"But some people dare to imagine something bigger and find ways to get a substantial breather from stress or their day-to-day routines. Mini-sabbaticals. Adult gap years. Micro-retirement. Extended career breaks go by many names and take many forms, from using the time between jobs to explore or taking an employer-approved leave to becoming a digital nomad or saving up for a monthslong adventure."
"Cost, personal responsibilities and fears of being judged by colleagues, friends and family members are some of the obstacles that prevent people from hitting pause on their work lives and setting out in search of new perspectives, according to sabbatical experts and people who have taken sabbaticals. No longer just for academics American attitudes toward taking time off are different from the ones in much of Europe, where free time and rest are prioritized,"
"But more companies are allowing weeks or months of paid or unpaid leave as a way to retain valued employees, according to Schrabram. Seven years ago, she brought her experience researching to the Sabbatical Project, an initiative founded by Harvard Business School Senior Lecturer DJ DiDonna that promotes sabbaticals as "a sacred human ritual" to which more people should have access."
Extended career breaks—called mini-sabbaticals, adult gap years, or micro-retirements—offer substantial mental, physical, or spiritual resets from routine work life. These breaks can take many forms: time between jobs to explore, employer-approved leaves, digital nomadism, or saving for monthslong adventures. Cost, personal responsibilities, and fears of judgment by colleagues, friends, and family often block people from taking such breaks. American attitudes toward time off differ from much of Europe, where free time and rest are prioritized and EU workers receive at least 20 days of paid vacation annually. More companies are beginning to offer weeks or months of paid or unpaid leave to retain valued employees.
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