On Fallow Periods, In Life and Work
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“Fallow” as a description of farmland means “left unsown”, typically to let the land recover, or to prepare to rotate crops.
Feeling “fallow” in life and work could mean a creative hiatus, or a pause, between things. Feeling fallow hurts- we think of all the things we could be doing. We stagnate in our jobs-I hit an awful stagnation point in recent years. Work through, grind through, keep going…