Ever Dream of Taking a Sabbatical? Here’s How Our Columnist Did It

WSJ Your Money Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

News, Business News

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🗓️ 11 April 2024

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Wall Street Journal Work & Life columnist Rachel Feintzeig recently returned from an unpaid, four-month sabbatical. She joins host J.R. Whalen to discuss what she did during her time off and how the experience surprised her. Listening on Google Podcasts? Here's our guide for switching to a different podcast player. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:22.0	Before we get into today's episode,
0:24.0	your money briefing is exploring what you need to know
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0:40.0	Here's your money briefing for Thursday, April 11th. I'm J.R. Whelan for the Wall Street Journal.
0:51.0	Many of us take a week off from work to recharge.
0:54.0	W.S.J's work-and-life columnist Rachel Finseg Astra Boss for a sabbatical
0:59.0	and took several months off.
1:01.0	Some point during the pandemic, I found myself making this list on my phone that I called
1:05.6	Dream Break of all the things I would do if I had time for myself.
1:11.0	I have two little kids.
1:12.2	I have this big job that I love, but I did start to feel like the things that weren't work started to feel like they were in positions or distractions. And I came up with this idea to ask for a stretch of time off.
1:26.4	Rachel will join us after the break. The less your business spends the more margin you keep. Net Suite by
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