Posted On: December 18, 2014
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NOTE: This post was originally published on December 11 by my good friends at MeetPlanGo!
It’s that time of year again. The holidays get us all plumped up with feasts and fetes. Then we stumble…
Posted On: October 8, 2014
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Every now and then (as this blog testifies), dreamers, schemers and BreakAway artists of all kinds come together and have gatherings (large and small) to celebrate and inspire this mission and cause called career breaks.…
Posted On: August 13, 2014
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I recently returned from my annual two-week retreat to Lake Okoboji, a favorite (and sometimes decadent) hideaway since childhood. This journey included a high-school reunion, a family reunion, and a dreamy wedding on a farm: …
Posted On: March 20, 2014
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“I’m old!” In her final few years, that was Grandma’s response when anyone asked “How are you?”
It’s true; she was in her 90s, and finally feeling her age. Still, she lived alone on her…
Posted On: July 14, 2013
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A provocative blog post recently crossed my desk, written by a woman named Satori who exhorts her readers to “Do yourself a favor and buy that damn plane ticket already!” A photographer by trade and…
Posted On: May 1, 2013
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The unusually cold May-Day skies were crying today—the last day I had the pleasure of teaching at College of Visual Arts (CVA).
After 89 years, this St. Paul arts school on historic Summit Avenue is…
Posted On: February 10, 2013
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Domeni Hedderman and her husband uprooted their three kids and five super-routines to BreakAway for six months in Belize. On an island. You can read all about it here.
Or you can write your own…
Posted On: October 11, 2012
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One night next week, the travel gurus at Meet, Plan, Go Minneapolis will have me serve as an Expert in “Prepping to Leave.”
Ish! I mean, that’s often the hardest part of a career break.…
Posted On: August 17, 2012
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The little girl in the ruby slippers says, “There’s no place like home.” And she’s right: After a long travel adventure, home can feel like the most dull, predictable, and (just say it) boring place…
Posted On: July 22, 2012
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Our family of four spent this BreakAway’s final five days in stunning Stockholm—a Swedish city that shines with history and pride, drips money from its mostly cloudy skies, and is built on 14 islands that…
