Why You Should Take a Few Months Off Work (Live from SXSW)

为何你应该休假数月(现场报道自SXSW)

The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos

2025-04-07

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Sometimes a two-week vacation just isn't enough - we all might need to leave our jobs for three months, six months or even a year. Taking an extended break can be great for our wellbeing - allowing us to recharge our batteries and reassess our priorities.  But for most of us taking a sabbatical feels impossible - so live at SXSW Dr Laurie asked the advice of sabbaticals expert DJ DiDonna. DJ teaches at Harvard Business School and founded The Sabbatical Project - but in a past life he established a hectic start-up and eventually found he was badly in need of an extended career break.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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  • I bet you've had moments where you've longed for a vacation or even fantasized about hitting retirement age.

  • But there's another option for taking a break from the grind.

  • A decision that can help you recharge and reassess.

  • It's called a sabbatical.

  • As a professor, I've had the opportunity to take an academic sabbatical every few years,

  • and I've been very open on the show about just how rejuvenating and important those breaks were.

  • But what if you aren't a professor?

  • Can you still take a months-long break from your job?

  • It may sound like a pipe dream,

  • but more and more workplaces are coming around to the idea that extended employee leaves are a good thing.