The Career Growth Spurt: How a Sabbatical Can Accelerate Your Professional Development
January 25, 2026A growth spurt is a short, rapid period of significant physical development, usually used in the context of early child development. It is characterized by a faster growth in height and weight, as well as changing behavioral patterns. Here is Dimo, your editor, and I am here to offer the growth spurt as a way of career growth and development! Most people are taught to think of career development as a straight, uninterrupted line: study, work, promotion, repeat. Gaps are seen as risks. Pauses as weakness. Momentum as something that must never be lost. Yet human growth does not follow…
3 days in Seoul
Dear Lilioftheword.com reader, here is Dimo, your editor. This post will take you to Seoul – the capital of South Korea. In April 2024, together with my daughter Kaia, we had the opportunity to spend 3 wonderful days there. And…
5 days in Bolivia
Dear Lilioftheworld.com reader, here is Izabela, your guest writer. I am a passionate traveler and I certainly have a bucket list of places that I dream of visiting. Recently, I fulfilled one of these dreams by visiting Salar de Uyuni…
Cusco and Machu Picchu
Dear Lilioftheworld.com reader, here is Izabela, your guest writer. I hope you enjoyed my first blog post about Peru where I covered the first 6 days of our 12 day trip around the country. The second half of the trip…
Lima and Paracas
Dear Lilioftheworld.com reader, here is Izabela, your guest writer. I recently returned from my trip to Peru and I wanted to share with you my fresh experience. Peru had been on my radar for quite a long time now. I…
4 days in Armenia
Podgorica
Dear Lilioftheworld.com reader, here is Dimo, your co-editor. Today we take you to the Balkan Peninsula and more concretely to the capital of Montenegro – Podgorica. Nestled in the heart of Montenegro, Podgorica is the exact opposite of other capitals…
Kaunas
Dear Lilioftheworld.com reader, here is Dimo, your co-editor. Today our Weekend Getaway takes you to Kaunas, the second-largest city in Lithuania. The city and its surroundings could be easily explored in a couple of days, therefore, making it a great…
4 days in Kathmandu
Dear Lilioftheworld.com reader, here is Dimo, your co-editor. Today I take you to Nepal, which is a home of some of the highest peaks on the planet. Normally, people go there to do trekking or climb its wonderful mountains. It…
3 days in Mauritius
Dear Lilioftheworld.com reader, here is Dimo, your co-editor. We haven’t seen each other for some time, because our traveling family went through a terrible tragedy. In October 2022, Lili, my better half, lost the uneven fight against cancer.. I have…
Useful Items When Having a Baby
Dear lilioftheworld.com reader, here is Lili, your co-editor. Useful items when having a baby? Yes, this article will have nothing to do with traveling, but with baby stuff. I’m far from pretending to be the perfect mom. I just wanted…
The Diary of a Passionate Traveler
