In “Sheltering in a Stress Bubble,” Chronicle of Higher Education reporter Don Troop describes how academics in our community navigated work-life balance during the pandemic. Here is a look at the feature and what it found.
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Dr. Kirk Dolan and his family have lived in Taiwan since early 2020, riding out the pandemic in one of the few places to nearly contain it. The professor shares what that experience has been like.
What happens when two academics move their three school-age children from Logan, Utah to the Big Island of Hawaii for a semester? The Warren family shares how they made the leap, what daily life looked like, and what a few months in paradise taught them about work, family, and change of place.
We surveyed SabbaticalHomes members working in academic and research institutions around the world, and they answered in detail. Their responses paint a striking picture of how a resilient community managed work, life, and uncertainty through the early stretch of the pandemic.
Meeting members while traveling is one of the joys of this work, but pandemic restrictions kept our team home like everyone else. Founder Nadege Conger shares how the SabbaticalHomes team spent lockdown, working from home and finding small comforts in family time.
A recent video conversation with member Laura Quincy Jones was a highlight of the month. We caught up with this inspiring artist about her creative path and her Cuba art tours, and how she brings people closer to art and place.
Following our earlier coronavirus updates, this post offers recommendations for members weighing whether to cancel travel plans. As everyone worked out a new normal in early 2020, we gathered practical guidance to help members navigate cancellations and upcoming housing arrangements.
With COVID-19 dominating everything in March 2020, our thoughts went out to everyone affected. We reached out to members with early guidance on managing travel and any housing arrangements they had in motion, along with useful links for a fast-changing situation.
We spoke with Lyndall Farley, founder of Beyond a Break, who thrives on living what she calls a sabbatical life. Her rhythm of focused work and deliberate time to recharge gives her a distinctive perspective on rest, and she shares how others can build the same.
Founder Nadege Conger takes every chance to meet members and learn how they shape their communities. On a recent trip, she sat down with Dr. Angela Iovino in Washington, D.C., to hear about her home sharing experience and the work that drives her.