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I recently left my found-to-give startup and find myself wonderfully free - for the first time in my career, really (whenever I’ve left a position I’ve always had the next one lined up). It was a long and stressful few years so I’m grateful to have a break.

I don’t have a specific timeline for how long I’ll be on sabbatical. Of course travel and career exploration is on the cards and what’s consuming most of my time - but interested to hear how people think one should spend a few months with no commitments!

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I can start by giving my own answer to this (things I might do with my time):

  • travel widely and without real goals/timelines (e.g. Interrailing without too many pre-defined stops, just go where your heart takes you and if you like a place then stay longer)
    • perhaps directed a little towards where I have friends, where there are EA hubs that are likely to provide fruitful social interactions
  • do Pieter Levels' 12 startups in 12 months (maybe with Claude Code this could be 12 startups in 12 weeks, who knows) - spend some time building side projects for the sake of it
    • these could either be money-making or EA-focused, or just fun
    • my last startup was found-to-give so making money is still a motivation, although I feel less called to the grind these days
  • do a silent meditation retreat, and build a daily meditation habit
  • fix health problems (mental and physical) - spend money and time on this
  • explore living somewhere new - spend a month in the Bay, Berlin, other cities I'd like to live
  • write regularly - I looked into doing Inkhaven and am going to run a free online version of it for the month of November
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