Jillian Johnsrud: Learn How To Take Mini Retirements

About this episode

Jillian Johnsrud discusses the concept of mini-retirements and how they can benefit your career and life.

Take a mini-retirement during your career? Take a retirement during your retirement? What? These are crazy ideas. But are they? Author Jillian Johnsrud explains this concept and why it's so good for you. Host Carl is a believer and has personally taken 3 long breaks during his career. It helps you avoid burnout and gives you time and space to really think about what you want to do next in your career and life. Jillian has personally taken a dozen mini-retirements in 20 years. She explains how to create your own sabbatical, including how to talk with your employer about it, how to financially afford the sabbatical and even how to to plan for it. For entrepreneurs, she talks about how you can take a break without hurting your business, too. Jillian goes on to talk about the many benefits of taking a mini-retirement during your retirement. What? You'll need to listen in. • More about Jillian Johnsrud: https://pickleballmediahq.com/blog/Jillian-Johnsrud-Interview-Learn-How-To-Take-Mini-Retirements • Jillian's book Retire Often: https://retireoften.com/book/ • Episode Content: https://pickleballmediahq.com/blog/Jillian-Johnsrud-Interview-Learn-How-To-Take-Mini-Retirements • Sponsored…

People in this episode

Host: Carl Landau

Guest: Jillian Johnsrud

Topics covered

• mini-retirement
• career breaks
• burnout prevention
• sabbatical planning
• entrepreneurship

Keywords

• mini-retirement
• sabbatical
• career
• burnout
• entrepreneur

Sponsors

Capital Advantage, How to Retire and Not Die

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Retire Often

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