the solo sabbatical

September 3, 2007 by  

Its hard to believe that its been 90 days since I’ve done any of the following: blogged, opened my RSS feeds, read much of anything business or tech-related, worked on my business in a structured way, etc.

I didn’t plan a sabbatical. Rather, I followed an impulse without any strategy, analysis, fear or hope. A week turned into a month, and that turned into 3 months. I just did what was in front of me to do, including non-work stuff:

Rowing/racing at 2007 USRowing Masters National Championships in Oak Ridge TN in 100+ degree weather and winning 2 gold and 1 bronze medals with a group of fabulous women.

A week of wave-bobbing at Briggs Beach in Little Compton RI

Sold my 1984 Van Dusen scull and bought a 2001 Empacher from a great friend.

Rowed approximately 60 miles a week.

Re-cultivated some neglected daily practices: meditation, Five Tibetans, getting up at 4:30 a.m., looking up, reading.

Updated my living/working space and environment: paint, simplification, balance and beauty

The work I did was mostly to align and clarify – simple things, but they’d eluded me until my solo sabbatical. Before it, my last (never finished or published) blog post was titled “What Does Your Business Want of You?”. I couldn’t get it written because I was stuck in my head, trying too hard and feeling out of it. What I was being asked to do was take a break, have fun, and just “be” RedShift.

Happy Labor Day!

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