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sabbatical leave
- On 01/05/2015
But what idea, what fly stung! .... but it's crazy!
I expected that kind of thinking, remarks to the announcement from my family, friends, colleagues ...
Finally it was not the case, quite the contrary!
Thank you all for the encouragement, because of course even if the decision was well maturely reflected there is always apprehension when one is faced with the reality.
The purpose of taking sabbatical leave after 23 intense professional years, was to rest, take the opportunity to step back and calmly consider my "second half of my professional career." and avoid the famous burnout ...
Finally since the date of my holiday was accepted and validated, the proposed world tour came naturally and materialized at lightning speed. It was and is the project, the dream of a life that many of us consider but for different material reasons, professional, occupational fears of the unknown, we hesitate to make that choice.
Well here we are, Friday 1 May 2016, is officially the first day of my holidays. The countdown is now launched.
J-45, many preparations are finalized: air tickets, visas, international driving license ... the goal of these early days is to recover as quickly from my acute low back pain who for the Easter weekend enquiquine me and forced me to spend my days allite rest.
The coming days will be utilized to finalize the preparations: pharmaceuticals, vaccines, finalizing the move, sales of furniture and car ...