In the previous post, I mentioned the FlexLeave programme. It looks 90% likely that I will be approved to take FlexLeave, and I’ve officially applied for 6 months leave from work. I haven’t figured out exactly what to do with the time yet, but I’m getting quite excited thinking about some of the options. Thoughts I’ve come up with so far include:<\/p>\n
– Going to work in Europe for a while
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– Travelling through Portugal, Spain, southern France, Italy, Greece
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– Getting a personal trainer and getting a serious exercise programme going
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– Biking around Ontario, or Canada
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– Seeing Toronto as a tourist, visiting all the museums, parks, etc.
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– Volunteering
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– Skiing
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– Taking a cooking course
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– Finally doing a complete inventory of my cupboards and boxes and throwing out or disposing of all of the detritus
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– Spending some time trying to reorganize my retirement savings plan to try and develop a return on investment of greater than 0<\/p>\n
The only downside at the moment is I’ve decided that, since my income level is about to plunge, I should hold off on the kitchen renovation that I was about to launch. I still really want to do it, but I think it can wait, especially if I’m going to be travelling. Who knows? Maybe I’ll decide that I want to move somewhere…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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