Mount Allison University Professor Elizabeth Wells offers advice on how to make sabbatical leave both productive and restorative. Rather than trying to do everything at once, she encourages thoughtful sabbatical goal setting, structured weekly planning, and time for rest. Sabbaticals, Wells notes, offer a rare opportunity to step back from daily demands and reconnect with research. “Grinding away at one thing wears you down, even if you are enthusiastic about your work,” she writes. Wells concludes that by making space for focus and reflection and staying flexible with plans, faculty can return recharged and proud of what they have accomplished.
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