Career Break Gift Guide
Do you know someone who is planning their escape from the cubicle, or is that someone you? We’ll take you step-by-step through some great holiday gift ideas to help them (or you) on their way.
STEP 1: Plot Your Escape
A perfect start to a career break or sabbatical is to successfully negotiate one with your company. Impossible you say?
Well Barbara and Elizabeth Pagano are here to help with their eBook: “Negotiating Your Sabbatical: The Ultimate Toolkit for Writing and Presenting a Killer Sabbatical Proposal Your Boss Can’t Refuse”.
STEP 2: Announce it to the World
Now that you’ve decided to go (and not afraid to keep it a secret any longer) say it loud and wear it proud with our very own Briefcase to Backpack-inspired t-shirt. “I Prefer Real Views to Screensavers” – a statement that every career breaker can embrace.
STEP 3: Find Travel Inspiration
The next step in your career break planning is deciding where to go and what to do! And Career Break Secrets video travel guides are the perfect inspiration source. The Season One pass features episodes in Spain, New Zealand, Patagonia, and Colombia, plus a bonus from South Africa.
STEP 4: Learn Photography & Writing Skills
Now that you are inspired where to go, you’ll want to make sure you capture your memories in the best possible way.
Why not a MatadorU Travel Photography Course or MatadorU Travel Writing Course?
STEP 5: Blog About Your Travels
If you feel that budding travel writer coming to life, you may consider blogging about your travels.
Travel Blog Success will help you build a better travel blog!
STEP 6: Realize Your Travel Dreams
Finally, if you are truly inspired to make your extended travel and career break dreams come true, Career Break Boot Camp can help you get there. Designed by certified travel coach Tara Russell and career break travel gurus Michaela Potter and Sherry Ott, the course will provide you with inspiration, structure, community, resources, tools and motivation.
Registration for the January course opens on December 8. So make this your resolution for 2011!
Want even more ideas? Visit BootsnAll for their 13 Gift Ideas for Career Break Travelers.
Leah on Mon, 6th Jun 2011 8:12 am
I really enjoyed reading your post. I am thirty-two soon and have itchy feet that are ready to try out foreign soils.
It is a fear of leaving the security of the day to day grind of paying the bills and living a safe and non-challenging way of life that has put me on hold for some time.
I hope (as it has I) your post will inspire others to go and follow their bliss – Leah 🙂
Patricia GW on Mon, 6th Jun 2011 8:54 am
Travel and experiencing a new culture really has put it into perspective, and filled that void with purpose (and joy).
In three weeks I’ll be moving to Paris myself for one month. I have the same feeling – the incredible surreal realization that I’m going to be living there…. it’s thrilling!!
Abby on Mon, 6th Jun 2011 2:11 pm
Oh, Jenny! Escargot isn’t palatable — it’s delicious! I love your writing style; it’s so fun and energetic. Can you believe how far we’ve come? Everyone, Jenny and I were in the exact same industry and have known each other online and via work emails for years and years. But we’ve only met once, many, many years ago. And one of those jobs she was sleeping next to her BlackBerry for was one I’d just left. And now she’s 33 and living abroad, just like I was last year. Kindred spirits. Jenny, you’re a true inspiration — I can’t wait to see how your adventure unfolds!
Debbie Beardsley on Mon, 6th Jun 2011 3:22 pm
Your life in Paris sounds ideal. It is nice to read about people who follow their dreams instead of wishing they had! Enjoy the rest of your journey.
Terriaw on Tue, 7th Jun 2011 1:40 pm
Wow, fabulous and well said! I love your new outlook on like. After experiencing career burnout and feeling a little lost and purposeless lately, you have encouraged me. I look forward to seeing Paris someday!
Jenny on Tue, 7th Jun 2011 6:50 pm
merci for all the sweet comments! @abby we are soooo kindred spirits! well except when it comes to our differing feelings on escargot…;) and congrats patricia on the move! thrilling indeed!
shawna on Thu, 9th Jun 2011 1:32 am
you’ve reawakened my travel bug. must. return. to. france. (someday.) eat a croissant for me!
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G. Michael Schneider on Sun, 19th Jun 2011 3:36 pm
I am a firm believer in living and working overseas, just as you described. However, many of us actually like our jobs and our homes and are simply looking to renew and refresh our lives, not change it. However, you can have the same type of cultural experience without having to reach into your own wallet and without having to quit your day job–by taking what I call a “working vacation.” My wife and I have done this 15 separate times, from Australia to Zimbabwe, Turket to Tibet, Mauritius to Mongolia. I describe how to do it in my blog otherguysdime.wordpress.com and via Twitter at @otherguysdime. Learn how to have fun without having to have burn any of your bridges behind you.