What to do with a year off?

A prospective layabout asks

I am about to embark in a break from work for a whole year but I haven’t formulated a plan or strategy for my time off.

What should I do?

Nov 25th, 2008

5 lacklustre pieces of inspiration on “What to do with a year off?”

  1. A wit Says:
    November 25th, 2008 at 10:50 am

    Become a life coach ?

  2. A wannabe life coach Says:
    November 25th, 2008 at 11:14 am

    Make a list of all the personal achievements you wish to complete in your year. For example, you may wish to:

    Build a new kitchen in your home
    Cultivate selection of interesting and unusual liverworts
    Travel the Trans-Siberian Railway
    Decorate your house
    Watch bears catch salmon from a waterfall
    Build a small chapel in your garden as a place for personal reflection
    Breed exotic sheep
    Swim with seals

    Split your list into things you need to do and things you want to do.

    Order your two lists in terms of priority.

    Estimate how long each will take, or how long you are prepared to give them.

    Merge your lists, and selecting from the top of each until your year off is full.

    Once complete, re-appraise your plan - make sure you have allocated enough time to having fun, and not too much to tiresome tasks.

  3. Consultant C Says:
    November 25th, 2008 at 11:17 am

    Balls to all that - travel the world, or at least part of it.

    No one has ever come back from peace-time travelling a worse person.

  4. Consultant G Says:
    November 25th, 2008 at 1:16 pm

    Life coach’s advise and world travel are not mutually exclusive. If travel comes out top, then pack your bags and go to the places you have always wanted to see. Of course what you do once you get there, and what you make of it, are different issues. It may disapoint, but you may find what you are looking for.
    However, I suggest you build that wall and finish your kitchen first as your Thai bride may not like the work in progress look.

  5. Consultant K Says:
    November 25th, 2008 at 2:57 pm

    ENJOY!

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