Are you on sabbatical right now? How’s it going? If you have a Fall 2024 sabbatical, then you’re just past the midway point.

One of the things that is critical to a successful sabbatical is making time to reflect on how things are going. Checking in with yourself regularly allows you to take stock of what you’ve accomplished and adjust if needed.

In this episode I share tips for how you can do that. You can also download this worksheet to guide your reflection.

If you’re on sabbatical now and feel like you need more support, please click here to book a free strategy session. I’d love to hear about your sabbatical and help you figure out how best to move forward!

And of course, if you’re in the planning phase and you’re unsure where to start or feeling overwhelmed by the process, you can learn more about my sabbatical planning program on my website and book your strategy session here.

Alisa B. Lin is an assistant professor who also writes on the intersection of productivity and caregiving. In her Substack newsletter, at wewhotend.substack.com, she takes an inclusive and feminist approach to productivity advice. She is also writing a book on productivity that is explicitly inclusive of parents, caregivers, and people with disabilities.

In this episode Alisa shares applies her work on productivity to sabbaticals. She provides advice and strategies for: balancing personal and professional goals during sabbatical, managing unstructured time, feeling like you don’t have enough time to accomplish all your sabbatical goals, estimating how long things will actually take, dealing with unexpected changes that arise during sabbatical, and so much more. I hope you’ll find advice and inspiration you can use, and that you’ll check out Alisa’s Substack newsletter!

If you want to learn about how to plan your own sabbatical, head over to my website, https://bethanywilinski.com, for more information about my sabbatical coaching program. You can also download my free guide to start planning your sabbatical today or schedule a call to talk about your sabbatical!

Amy Parks is a professor of elementary education at Michigan State University and the author of four middle grade and young adult books. She writes stories about smart girls falling for feminist boys in quirky midwestern settings and likes using One Direction lyrics as the inspiration for entire novels. You can find her latest book, Averil Offline, and others at https://amynoelleparks.com/.

In this episode, Amy talks about why she decided to pursue her MFA during her sabbatical, and how she creates space for both her scholarly and creative work. Amy’s year-long sabbatical took place during COVID, and she shares how that shifted her plans and how she spent her time on sabbatical.

I hope Amy’s story will inspire you to think expansively about what could be possible for your sabbatical. If you want to learn about how to plan your own sabbatical, head over to my website, https://bethanywilinski.com, for more information about my sabbatical coaching program. You can also download my free guide to start planning your sabbatical today or schedule a call to talk about your sabbatical!