Following the inscrutable exhortations of my soul
In this piece, I share some of the big shifts that have happened in me since I left my corporate job to go on sabbatical eight months ago. Among others things, I write about my journey into embodiment and my slow but definitive move from a scarcity to an abundance mindset.
8 months into my sabbatical Cécile Marion 8 months into my sabbatical c. 1,500 words When people ask me how my sabbatical is going, this comic strip immediately comes to mind. Frogs! I’m looking for frogs! Calvin & Hobbes, Bill Watterson I’ve not always been looking for frogs, though; and following the “inscrutable exhortations of my soul” is taking me to places that don’t always have weird bugs for me to look at—although my home in Indonesia seems to surprise me with new ones every day. Before I left on sabbatical , I’d spent 11 years working in strategy and transformation roles in consulting
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