I’ve said it before. It’s one thing to have your brain believe something. It’s another level of belief and appreciation to have your gut believe it.
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Do fondest dreams ever come true? Most times they don’t, sometimes they do.
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(In)Frequently Asked Questions
“I don’t really like math for its own sake. What I love is that it lets you take some things that you know, and just by moving symbols around on a piece of paper, you find out something that you didn’t know that’s very surprising.” -Randall Munroe (“Comics that Ask ‘What If’” – Ted Talk)
“If you love science for science’s sake, teach college. If you really like science, but you really love to work with students, teach high school.” -Dr. Karen LaFever (in a conversation with me as I was picking my path to teach high school chemistry)
Sub-Cockle Area – The “Thank You” Blog
“Thank you for saying very nice things.” -Kieran McCarthy
Sabbatical, Step 5: Present Tense
“I could help you, but it’s your fight.” -U2, “Get Out of Your Own Way”
Sabbatical, Step 4: Finding Career #2
“The vicissitudes of life usually teach an intelligent person what he can handle. It does help to have someone wise in the ways of candles to steady you as you grope toward the light.”
-Bill Bowerman
Sabbatical, Step 3: Relax. Get a Plan.
“R-E-L-A-X. Relax.” -Aaron Rodgers
Easier said than done.
But I did learn how to do it.
Sabbatical, Step 2: An Exit Plan
Research. Reading. Mulling it over. Think about it. Ponder. Discern.
To heck with it. Sometimes, you just have to do it (sorry, Phil Knight!)
