Which Sabbatical is Right For You?

Quiz Questions

• 1.
  Your creative work has been waiting because....

  • A.
    Life got in the way and I never found the window of time to go do it.
  • B.
    I can't remember the last time I had enough silence to even hear myself think.
  • C.
    I start it and then talk myself out of it, or I'm not sure what it even is yet.
  • D.
    I don't have a space in my home that feels like mine.
  • E.
    I've been making things in secret. No one in my life really knows.
• 2.
  When you imagine finally finishing it, you feel...

  • A.
    Like I could finally exhale because the noise has been too loud to even dream of working on something.
  • B.
    Like I can stop apologizing for wanting to create.
  • C.
    Relieved. Like I've put down something I've been carrying too long.
  • D.
    Proud in a way I've never let myself feel, and I'd want someone to see it.
  • E.
    I'm honestly not sure. I don't know exactly what I'm making.
• 3.
  The last time you had a full day to yourself, you...

  • A.
    Spent it staring at a blank page wondering what I actually wanted to do.
  • B.
    Spent it managing tasks for other people.
  • C.
    I can't remember the last time I had enough silence to even hear myself think.
  • D.
    Actually wrote/made something, and it felt great!
  • E.
    Felt good, but kind of hollow. Lonely in a way that had nothing to do with being alone.
• 4.
  When someone asks "what do YOU want?", you...

  • A.
    Go blank. I'd love to know, but I genuinely don't anymore.
  • B.
    Want to find your people and be around folks who get you and your need to create.
  • C.
    Want to go somewhere, because you've needed some breathing room for years.
  • D.
    Know exactly, but feel guilty the moment I say it.
  • E.
    Get a flicker of something, but I can't name it yet.
• 5.
  Your ideal creative space looks like...

  • A.
    Somewhere with other women doing the same thing. I want a tribe.
  • B.
    Anywhere that isn't inside my current life. I need out of the noise.
  • C.
    A rented room somewhere I've never been. Unfamiliar and entirely mine.
  • D.
    My own home, but finally rearranged so it works for me too.
  • E.
    Somewhere I can't be reached that's unfamiliar enough that no one needs anything from me.
• 6.
  The creative life you want feels...

  • A.
    Like it exists elsewhere and requires a real departure from my everyday life.
  • B.
    Like something I need to find my way back to because it's been so long.
  • C.
    Like it's waiting inside the life I already have, I just need dedicated space, and to claim it.
  • D.
    Like something that needs a community. Even a small quiet one.
  • E.
    Like a language I used to speak fluently and have almost completely forgotten.
• 7.
  Your sabbatical would be a success if...

  • A.
    I found women who didn't change the subject when I talked about my work, and I let them see it.
  • B.
    I came home with real pages/artwork and the knowledge that I can do this.
  • C.
    I finally felt like there's room for me and my art in my own life again.
  • D.
    I found out what I want to make, or made peace with not knowing yet. But I allowed myself to go see!
  • E.
    I came home quieter and clearer than when I left. The peace allowed me to focus.

Quiz Outcomes

• 1.
  Dwell

  Your Dwell Sabbatical Field Guide is on the way. Learn more about what it means to claim space for your creativity inside the life you already have.Don't see it right away? Sometimes we fly a little wide and land in your spam folder.
• 2.
  Depart

  Your Depart Sabbatical Field Guide is on the way. Learn more about what it means to leave with a project and come home with pages or a completed artwork.Don't see it right away? Sometimes we fly a little wide and land in your spam folder.
• 3.
  Gather

  Your Gather Sabbatical Field Guide is on the way. Learn more about what it means to stop making things in secret and find the women who won't change the subject when you want to talk about your work.Don't see it right away? Sometimes we fly a little wide and land in your spam folder.
• 4.
  Roam

  Your Roam Sabbatical Field Guide is on the way. Learn more about what it means to leave and dive into the project you can't stop thinking about, or go find out what you're actually making.Don't see it right away? Sometimes we fly a little wide and land in your spam folder.