So my first year long sabbatical ended yesterday, and I thought I'd tell you a bit about what did and didn't work. Firstly, the notion of a sabbatical or a "ceasing" of one's normal day-to-day work in order to achieve some other goal has roots that go back many millennia. In the modern sense, a sabbatical leave is an extended period of leave whereby a person, typically a member of the academy, will take a break from their regular working (teaching) schedule in order to achie