In the previous post, I mentioned the FlexLeave programme. It looks 90% likely that I will be approved to take FlexLeave, and I've officially applied for 6 months leave from work. I haven't figured out exactly what to do with the time yet, but I'm getting quite excited thinking about some of the options. Thoughts I've come up with so far include:

- Going to work in Europe for a while
- Travelling through Portugal, Spain, southern France, Italy, Greece
- Getting a personal trainer and getting a serious exercise programme going
- Biking around Ontario, or Canada
- Seeing Toronto as a tourist, visiting all the museums, parks, etc.
- Volunteering
- Skiing
- Taking a cooking course
- Finally doing a complete inventory of my cupboards and boxes and throwing out or disposing of all of the detritus
- Spending some time trying to reorganize my retirement savings plan to try and develop a return on investment of greater than 0

The only downside at the moment is I've decided that, since my income level is about to plunge, I should hold off on the kitchen renovation that I was about to launch. I still really want to do it, but I think it can wait, especially if I'm going to be travelling. Who knows? Maybe I'll decide that I want to move somewhere...
posted by Tom at 11:34 AM | link |