My Sojourn...?

Just found out I am being featured in an article for Mothers Day.  Apparently leaving an executive career in the middle of a recession is news worthy :).  The year I spent at home with my kids and traveling the world with my husband they are calling my "sojourn." So I looked up what that meant, because I thought I knew, but wanted to make sure:

so journ [soh-jurn] : noun - a temporary stay  verb - to stay for a time; to live temporarily

It got me thinking, that yes, my time away from work was temporary, and I did stay for only a time (14 months to be exact) so noun-check, and verb-check! However, what I took from that year was so very very permanent.

But without that sojourn, I am wondering what my life would be like? Don't even want to know.

So it was a "sojourn"... and I am applying sojourns to my new priorities.... I am going to take more... little temporary stays away from my everyday life to make sure I am challenging the status quo, taking time to reflect, have fun, take care of myself and breathe. While it is unlikely we all can take 14 months "away" as often as we want or need to, we can take small journeys to capture and recapture what is ours...

What do you have planned?