I just took a three month sabbatical. Here’s what I discovered… | Suzi McAlpine Leadership | Ignite Better Leadership
I wasn’t burnt out. It would’ve been kinda ironic if I’d written a book on burnout – and then got burnt out. No. The best way to describe the reason for taking my sabbatical is to use a metaphor… If my life was a garden and I’m the soil, this soil has produced an incredible “crop”. Three children - all of them turning into cool humans. A 25 year relationship with a partner who still makes me laugh until I pee. A professional career full of pinnacles and shiny badges of success – even a bestselling book and a profitable leadership coaching business. Of course, this garden has had its fair share of droughts and storms too. Death, grief, regret, guilt, yearning and worry have visited my garden. But it’s a beautiful garden. It’s one I’m proud of and, on good days, one I notice, revel in, and am immensely grateful for. But it’s been harvest season for quite a while. Every good farmer knows that soil needs to lie fallow every now and again. The ground benefits from a season where there are
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