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Sabbatical

How do you pick up the threads of an old life?

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Asha Dornfest
Dec 21, 2021
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How do you pick up the threads of an old life? How do you go on, when you begin to understand there is no going back? — Frodo Baggins in Return of the King by JRR Tolkien

A SABBATICAL is a period during which one temporarily steps away from a job to rest, travel, and do research. The term shares the same root as sabbath and the same goal of renewal.

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