This post is spot-on. After leading a tech-startup for 8 years I started my sabbatical in February of this year. Prior to this, I had started reading up on EA and once my sabbatical came around, I was able to rapidly dive in deep, further my thinking and build a network for myself.
Having time off to read, think, reflect and meet people was invaluable to this progress. I would never have been able to do so while working a full-time job.
Not only the time to work on figuring out how to do good, but also the free time to 'shut off' and allow your brain to connect the dots, and allow you to feel what's truly important to you.
My sabbatical ended with this post on LinkedIn about my new direction. Fortunately I still have a lot of free time now, but it's more aimed at finding impactful opportunities for myself to do a lot of good.
This post is spot-on. After leading a tech-startup for 8 years I started my sabbatical in February of this year. Prior to this, I had started reading up on EA and once my sabbatical came around, I was able to rapidly dive in deep, further my thinking and build a network for myself.
Having time off to read, think, reflect and meet people was invaluable to this progress. I would never have been able to do so while working a full-time job.
Not only the time to work on figuring out how to do good, but also the free time to 'shut off' and allow your brain to connect the dots, and allow you to feel what's truly important to you.
My sabbatical ended with this post on LinkedIn about my new direction. Fortunately I still have a lot of free time now, but it's more aimed at finding impactful opportunities for myself to do a lot of good.
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/robkonterman_i-spent-the-past-7-months-figuring-out-activity-7110190879776104448-0qA0