Nope! I'm acutally not a blogger. But when I was first playing with Google+ and doing some research that was by far the biggest advantage called out.

Also, if you're a blogger, you've got to get on google plus. It allows your photo to show up in google results for your blog and offers easier ways to interact with other bloggers.

This isn't even difficult...you hit nine days just by taking a full week off with the weekends on either side. 5 work days/9 total days is the standard for a vacation. Everything else is just a long weekend.

What? They will do both! I've seen it.

Ughh...I regret to say I've been there. Twice actually. Once in college, once living on my own. Both were complete flukes. Living in good neighborhoods with low/no crime. Seriously, it's bizarre that it even happened. But I know the feeling of coming back from a trip and finding your door crowbar'd open. …

Respectfully, let's not conflate "here's how to take a break" with "I advise you to take a break" because that's not what this is. The article is "how to plan a sabbatical," not "you should take a sabbatical."

A medal! I'd like to thank my parents and all the people who've supported my commenting over all these years!

so are you telling me you can be out of work for 3 months and not have any loss of value in the marketplace?

Sumitha,

Hahah you're right it's hopeless. We should be friends in the bread line in 40 years.

I think you are looking at this through the lenses of your own personal situation. From what you've said, it sounds like if you were to do this, you would be using money that you have set aside to retire. I don't think he ever said that this trip will compromise his ability to retire. For all you know he has a…

Man, you are commenting all over this thread. Just a couple things.

I think you are neglecting a few things.

I think you're wrong.

For me, putting the clothes through the machine is mostly for my piece of mind. As long as the armpits don't smell, I'm not really too concerned about what happens in the machine!

That's a personal decision. Nobody knows what's right or wrong. I can give you the basics though.

Hahaha, smug much? Jeez, sorry his personal trial wasn't difficult enough to impress you. I can't believe you would actually belittle someone who just lost 100 pounds.

Not necessarily. There are many different variations of "low carb high protein diets" including: Atkins, keto, paleo, South Beach and others. Atkins is the most well known, but they all have significant differences. That being said, he may be just generally cutting carbs and upping protein without following a…

When switching from a high carb to a low carb diet the body flushes water from the system to empty glycogen stores in the liver and other areas. For the average person, this leads to an immediate loss of 5-10 pounds. However, it's important to note that that's not sustainable as it's just water redistribution. In…

Worry about what you can control. Your chewing up experience right now which is valuable. Have your resume updated just in case- but keep in mind that you are younger and cheaper than anybody else in the mix. That's a great reason to keep you on (unless they're going to relocate all of your position to another city…