Making It (with Marloes De Vries)

Making It (with Marloes De Vries)

3 Reasons I took a work sabbatical

Being honest about how it's going now and how I feel.

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Marloes De Vries
Feb 18, 2026
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From January this year, I temporarily stopped working, for a few reasons:

  1. I couldn’t seem to shake the burnout I’ve been dealing with since 2020/2021.

  2. After twenty years of working for clients, I needed some time that was just mine.

  3. My house was in need of some love (painting the stairs, redoing the bedroom, that sort of thing).

Because one of my regular cl…

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