The Sabbaticalist
Hi, I’m Sharon. I want to help you renegotiate your relationship to work by taking intentional career breaks.
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The Sabbaticalist #099: System That Thrives On Your Overworked and Overspent Self (opens the original)
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In this week’s Sabbaticalist:Signal: In which I anoint the new patron saint of the Sabbaticalist, Juliet SchorProject/Antidote: The Game Changers series led by Schor and her heterodox economist friends Practice: Register for a Game Changer Webinar Signal: We are still overworked and overspent, and Juliet Schor is still at it after 30+ years, trying to fix us I don’t know why she’s not more of a household name, but <
The Sabbaticalist #098: Rage Against the Machine by...Becoming an Instagram Solopreneur? (opens the original)
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In this week’s Sabbaticalist:Signal: Congrats! You stuck it to the Man and exited corporate. Now what?Person: Jenna Anderson, who’s brave enough to show us how that solopreneur fantasy usually goes for the rest of us on the bottom of the pyramid schemeAntidote: An extraordinary story maker who achieved this fantasy without an algorithmic lottery Practice: What’s the room you’ll build?</
The Sabbaticalist #097: In the Room Where It Happens (opens the original)
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Last week, I was in the room where it happensYou want to be in the room where it happens, especially when the room is an Obama-era dreamscape. A private room in a fancy restaurant in an even fancier town. A well-heeled crowd, mostly black and brown (1 golden = me!). White tablecloths, tasteful lighting, dedicated staff. A hum of convivial chatter greets you, and the vibe is an immediate, “You belong here, let me take you into the fold, tell me what brings you here because you must be special if
The Sabbaticalist #096: Getting back into my body, out of my head (opens the original)
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In this week’s Sabbaticalist:Signal: the sedentary-cognitive paradox of having to be smart while not moving much at all Person: Frederick Taylor, the OG Health Podcast Bro, and his troubling assertions about the optimization of the quantified self when applied to corporate work Antidote: a poem by Robert K. Hall, offered to you as a palate cleanser Practice: a new book Body Electric with a movement practice that sounds easy but…not really <a
The Sabbaticalist #095: Live the Examined Life: Live the Questions, Not the Answers. Midlife Summer Challenge 21 of 21 (opens the original)
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My 2026 midlife summer challenge, explained here: The Sabbaticalist #074: My Midlife Summer Challenge#075: Ch.1 | #076: Ch.2 | #077: Ch.3 | #078: <a href="https://thesabbaticalist.substack.com/p/the-sabbatica
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