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I’ve been on a sabbatical for 99% of this year, small pockets of time spent doing some maintenance for clients I love. I bought a seriously derelict property in country Australia and am having a good time slowly fixing it up. I’ll get back to programming next year, hopefully the blow-ins have moved on to the next hype cycle by that time.
Hey great for you! I've been on a 3 year sabbatical, and I spend most summers in the countryside with my kids, grilling meat, planting berries, going in nature for hours-long walks. It's really a great life ain't it? So you're planning to go back for work? I'm unfortunately on my last 12-months or so of runway so time to figure out stuff.
Yes, there’s no complaints from me :) Spent 4 months camping and now I’m still camping but fixing a property.
I’ll do something for money next year, who knows, I might find a good programming contract or I might be serving coffee at the local cafe!