Lesson 2: Worry less about what you will accomplish on a sabbatical. It is not about the destination, but rather the journey; Not meant for accomplishments, but for space and time to enjoy the simple things in life.
- You can't text and drive a stick shift
- The butcher, the baker and the candlestick maker still do a brisk business
- No one in Italy ‘counts their steps’
- My daughter's math was really hard: she had to translate it to english, convert from metric and then understand the concepts
- My Italian teacher told me a yellow traffic light means 'speed up'. Aha!
- Boys can openly cry, and it's ok
- The crossing guard still thinks he has a shot at my wife, and may have told his friends
- A year long family sabbatical is not a year long vacation
- Not playing it safe may feel unstable at times, but will reward in unexpected ways