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	<title>Briefcase to Backpack - Travel Advice for Career Breaks or Sabbaticals &#187; Reflection</title>
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		<title>Reflecting: How Travel Reawakens Your Passions</title>
		<link>http://briefcasetobackpack.com/2010/08/reflecting-how-travel-reawakens-your-passions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 10:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michaela Potter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Extended travel offers an inspiring break for more than just those stuck in a rut in their career. It is also great for those who need to recharge their lives – like Teresa Gotay and Mike Tieso from Art of Backpacking. They share with us how travel reawakened their passions and set them on their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reflection: Morgan&#8217;s Tale</title>
		<link>http://briefcasetobackpack.com/2010/07/reflection-morgans-tale/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michaela Potter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In August of 2008, the Cooney Family set off on their year-long travels. Together with their three teenage sons, Mike &#38; Catrell wanted their children to have a unique experience. &#8220;Our theory was to give our three sons a way to see the world, experience other cultures and appreciate what all of us tend to take [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reflecting Through Mandalas</title>
		<link>http://briefcasetobackpack.com/2010/06/reflecting-through-mandalas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 10:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michaela Potter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my recent post Gap Year to Career Breaker I highlighted the differences in travel during 1995 vs 2010. For the most part the differences are logistical &#38; technical, but the experiences are always magical. And as a photographer, I’ve been surprisingly delighted in the transition from film to digital. No longer do I have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gap Year to Career Breaker</title>
		<link>http://briefcasetobackpack.com/2010/06/gap-year-to-career-breaker/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 00:16:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michaela Potter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was 15 years ago this week I was wrapping up my first six-month journey. Here&#8217;s how it brought me to where I am today. Location: Somewhere over the Pacific Date: February 7 Well, here we go. It’s so hard to imagine that after all this time of planning we are finally on our way [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trading in Your Backpack for the Briefcase</title>
		<link>http://briefcasetobackpack.com/2010/05/trading-in-your-backpack-for-the-briefcase/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2010 10:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michaela Potter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cindy Peterson (aka The Blonde Wanderer) interviews her husband, Bill, about trading in his backpack for a briefcase again after 14 months of travel. We also featured some of Cindy&#8217;s itinerary tips in a previous post. My husband Bill and I recently returned from fourteen months extended travel. When we stepped out of our corporate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Lasting Memories of a Travel Sabbatical</title>
		<link>http://briefcasetobackpack.com/2010/03/the-lasting-memories-of-a-travel-sabbatical/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 14:39:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michaela Potter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Taking a traveling career break or sabbatical is not a new concept. But more than 20 years ago Stuart Tom drew up the nerve to ask for a year leave of absence from his advertising job (something unheard of at the time) to venture off and explore the world. He shares with us how that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reflection: Setting Goals for 2010 Part 3</title>
		<link>http://briefcasetobackpack.com/2009/12/reflection-setting-goals-for-2010-part-3/</link>
		<comments>http://briefcasetobackpack.com/2009/12/reflection-setting-goals-for-2010-part-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:25:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michaela Potter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The end of the year always inspires reflection. But it also offers an opportunity to set goals for the future. We&#8217;ve already featured some of our favorite travelers and career breakers travel and career goals for the upcoming year, so now it&#8217;s our turn to share! BRIEFCASE TO BACKPACK – MICHAELA POTTER I’m embarrassed to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reflection: Setting Goals for 2010 Part 2</title>
		<link>http://briefcasetobackpack.com/2009/12/reflection-setting-goals-for-2010-part-2/</link>
		<comments>http://briefcasetobackpack.com/2009/12/reflection-setting-goals-for-2010-part-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 18:08:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michaela Potter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The end of the year always inspires reflection. But it also offers an opportunity to set goals for the future. So as 2010 approaches, we asked more of our favorite travelers and career breakers to share their travel and career goals for the upcoming year. HOLE IN THE DONUT – BARBARA WEIBEL After three years [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reflection: Setting Goals for 2010 Part 1</title>
		<link>http://briefcasetobackpack.com/2009/12/reflection-setting-goals-for-2010/</link>
		<comments>http://briefcasetobackpack.com/2009/12/reflection-setting-goals-for-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 18:35:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michaela Potter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The end of the year always inspires reflection. But it also offers an opportunity to set goals for the future. So as 2010 approaches, we asked several of our favorite travelers and career breakers to share their travel and career goals for the upcoming year. MARRIED WITH LUGGAGE – BETSY &#38; WARREN TALBOT Betsy and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reflection: Giving Thanks for Career Breaks Present</title>
		<link>http://briefcasetobackpack.com/2009/11/reflection-giving-thanks-for-career-breaks-present/</link>
		<comments>http://briefcasetobackpack.com/2009/11/reflection-giving-thanks-for-career-breaks-present/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:24:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michaela Potter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In celebration of Thanksgiving this week, we’ve asked career breakers past and present to share with us what makes them thankful for having taken their career break to travel. CAREER BREAKS PRESENT Sherry Ott – Otts World I&#8217;m thankful for taking a traveling career break because&#8230; it opened my eyes to a world and cultures [...]]]></description>
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