RE: The Mini-Retirement: A Crazy Idea That Gave Us Our Lives Back

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The Mini-Retirement: A Crazy Idea That Gave Us Our Lives Back

in life •  8 years ago 

Respectfully, the meaning of sabbatical is the seventh year. Just as the Sabbath is the seventh day. Taking a sabbatical has been a common practice among university professors for refreshing and renewing their field of study.

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Yes, that's a good point. My cousin is a professor and takes sabbaticals every 4 or 5 years but funny enough she works harder during her sabbaticals as she spends them undertaking research in foreign universities and preparing articles for publication in prestigious journals.