Marlon Rodrigues

When I left Canada last year, in the midst of personal burnout and uncertainty about the progression of the handling of the pandemic, I thought I was going to the beaches of Costa Rica for two, maybe three months. I packed 30 lbs of beachwear and a yoga mat, saying

Hey, I’m on sabbatical! Though I'm known to pontificate, I'm not a professor and taking extended time off from working life seemed like an absurdity at-first. Now, a few months into it, I’m convinced that all of us need to introduce sabbaticals into our lives. At this point,