Comments on: Get Leave to Work http://jackieregales.com/2009/06/18/get-leave-to-work/ writing, teaching, and piecing it all together Thu, 24 May 2012 01:48:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: 2009: A Recap « A Patchwork Life: writing, teaching, learning more each day http://jackieregales.com/2009/06/18/get-leave-to-work/#comment-1356 Fri, 01 Jan 2010 20:30:18 +0000 http://jackieregales.com/?p=759#comment-1356 [...] off with a great workshop, and the first of many days at the pool. I was thinking a lot about work and greener [...]

]]> By: jackie http://jackieregales.com/2009/06/18/get-leave-to-work/#comment-947 Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:31:09 +0000 http://jackieregales.com/?p=759#comment-947 What Now?: Believe me, I was excited to find your blog– you got farther along in academia than I did, but I wrestled with many of the same issues and have landed in a Fabulous Girls’ School teaching English too! Feel free to come back around and expect more comments from me.

]]> By: What Now? http://jackieregales.com/2009/06/18/get-leave-to-work/#comment-945 Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:05:58 +0000 http://jackieregales.com/?p=759#comment-945 Jackie — Thanks for your post on my blog, which then alerted me to your blog — I’ll enjoy becoming a regular reader! — and thanks also for the link in the post above to “Leaving Academia,” another blog I didn’t know and one that I wish had been around back when I was making the big decision to leave academia (or at least the higher ed version of academia).

]]> By: jackie http://jackieregales.com/2009/06/18/get-leave-to-work/#comment-942 Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:20:07 +0000 http://jackieregales.com/?p=759#comment-942 Anjali, I’ve seen that quote before too, but I actually like thinking of it as “work”– I think it honors the difficulties and travails that can still arise even when you love what you’re doing.

Laura, I’m on board for that scenario! Did you listen to the podcast? I think you would really identify with a lot of what she says.

]]> By: Laura/Geekymom http://jackieregales.com/2009/06/18/get-leave-to-work/#comment-941 Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:38:39 +0000 http://jackieregales.com/?p=759#comment-941 I think I’m closer to doing what I love than I was before–if only I could get paid for it. :) I think I’ve longed for the Star Trek-like scenario where people do what they want, what they’re good at without having to worry about whether it makes money or not.

]]> By: She Started It http://jackieregales.com/2009/06/18/get-leave-to-work/#comment-938 Thu, 18 Jun 2009 01:15:54 +0000 http://jackieregales.com/?p=759#comment-938 This was a great post, and very timely for me! I read a quote once that I’ve thought about nearly every day since I first heard it, “Do what you love, and you’ll never work a day in your life.”

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