(thanks Joanne). The title says it all. It doesn't really give instructions on how to do it though, but I guess that's not a realistic expectation. To my disappointment I find myself spending a great deal of time searching for that next job as the article says, which is what all the job counselors state you should do. It's sad to contemplate all the hours spent by very highly skilled people engaged in "job search" efforts producing essentially no social benefits for all their hours of labor.
By comparison I spend only a relatively small portion of my time trying to build a better world. I have more freedom than I've had in over 25 years, and more than I probably will have until I retire. In principle I could be spending 12-14 hours a day trying to build a better world as the article suggests. I'm not sitting around doing nothing for this, mind you, but I'm also not doing significantly more than I was doing while working 40 hours a week. (Let's ignore for now the discussion about how much that 40-hour per week job was really contributing to building a better world.) I think I need to reconsider my priorities (and my schedule) during this privileged period of my "paid sabbatical".
As the article concludes:
...the first step, as in any 12-step program, is to overcome denial. Job searching is not a job; retraining is not a panacea. You may be poorer than you've ever been, but you are also freer -- to express anger and urgency, to dream and create, to get together with others and conspire to build a better world.
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