What should I do?

[wellinghall]

[Poll #1254104]

Comments

[alitalf.livejournal.com]

It might be worth spending a little time learning more computer skillz - because that may help in future employment. I'm thinking of some entry level programming - maybe writing macros, but if you can do that already, then maybe Windows automation language, whatever it is called, or html and javascript, or something. More computer skills to point at may help, some time in the future.

[segh.livejournal.com]

I was tempted to say, learn the harp, but I would say that, wouldn't I? Write a book.

[sigisgrim.livejournal.com]

Keep up to date with stuff for your career. And I thought you'd volunteered all the rest of your extra time to the Tolkien Society...

[phoebesmum.livejournal.com]

It's coming up to autumn, and the weather's already absolutely horrible, so I recommend an indoor pursuit. Perhaps a course in Anglo-Saxon interspersed with days out on the bike when the weather's fine, if it ever is.

[parrot-knight.livejournal.com]

I'm afraid that my answer is probably a reflection of my own wish to advance on all fronts, all the time...

[emperor]

Learn Old Norse :)

Run the Tolkien Society ;-)

[didiusjulianus.livejournal.com]

It's entirely up to you, isn't it?

I'd not advise biking or guitaring unless you are particularly keen, as both may aggravate your shoulder, and this isn't really the season for biking (yes, for hardy experienced bikers (no idea if you are one), but biking can result in accidents esp when people aren't used to it, esp in the wet).

I would say do what you feel like, whether that is lots or nothing, and also don't feel you are frittering away the time if you just decide to spend most of it mooching, since play and downtime are very important, esp after periods of stress like you had a work before the gardening leave.

At the same time, if you do decide to read career journals, do computing or something else that's not a course as such, then making a specific time to do it in the week is a good idea, or it will probably go to pot resulting in disappointment.

[beckyc.livejournal.com]

Come to Cambridge :-)

[estiel.livejournal.com]

What on earth is a gardening leave?

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

A senior person who loses their job in the financial sector might have a period when they get paid by their old employer but stay at home, to stop them pinching any clients or wrecking their old employer's business.

My case is slightly different; three months stopping at home but not having to do much work, as an incentive for me to stay on until the IT migration was completed.

[estiel.livejournal.com]

We call that extortion. It's a felony.