What would you do with a Sabbatical?

I worked in corporations for over 25 years with the last 12 in senior management, this involved:

- 80 plus hour work weeks
- Never more than 2 weeks holiday a year (almost impossible not to work on holidays as work never stops)
- 7 days a week work load (I tried not to work sunday afternoons)
- Mobile never stopped (put it to silent between midnight and 6am)
- Over 100 email received a day (sent 70)
- 120 days a year away from home.
- 30 direct reports

The hardest thing to get used to was my phone stopped ringing, 10 years heavy addiction to smart phones and suddenly you are getting 2 or three calls a day

I spent few weeks travelling around Portugal but didn't want to do any more as was sick to death of travel, airports and hotels

Once home it is hard to replace 80 hours of work,

I created an organic vegetable garden (13 vegetables, 3 berries (straw, black & Blue) and a few fruit trees.

I stripped, repaired and repainted the pagoda
re did upstairs bathroom
Built a hammock

Crap, two weeks gone and interesting stuff done.

My wife was a never ending fount of suggestions for chores I could do

To avoid those, I wrote a novel.

I had not written for pleasure since University

Loved It

Not going back to work :)

What would you do with a year off?