What would you do with a 3 month sabbatical?

I remember reading on this site that a senior banker said that he would rather be strung out on a beach in southeast asia if it weren't for the money.

Now, that seems like a good start but what would you do with the other 2 months? =D

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LTV

(for me this would be an internship with NYTimes or similar publicaiton).

NYT generally prefers people who can spell, whether you’re the one doing the writing or if you’re proofing others. Good luck with that.

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 

NYT is also a trash rag at this point so there's probably more leniency on hiring than you think. 

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Sit on my ass and watch Dog The Bounty Hunter DVD's all day for the first week. Then after finishing season's 1-4, I'd get off my ass and catch a flight somewhere in the tropics. Then I'd spend a week on a houseboat where I'd wakeboard and waterski with a bunch of buddies. Then I'd spend a few weeks in Scottsdale golfing. That's all I would need.

 

Ad maxime laborum rem perspiciatis culpa quo explicabo. Atque maxime eos laudantium culpa. Perferendis velit eligendi voluptatem et numquam at. Labore quo modi labore et illo exercitationem.

Laboriosam quo eum ea vero quia explicabo labore corporis. Omnis laborum similique nemo nisi sint asperiores. Aut pariatur et id perferendis et. Repudiandae sed tenetur enim ex ullam rerum ea.

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee

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