Ever dream of taking time off to travel for a reason? Not just a vacation, but to truly explore a culture, help others, or fulfill a lifelong dream? I’ve got the resource for you – an excellent (and free!) ebook, entitled How to Get Six Weeks Off to Travel. Written by Pat Katepoo, a work-life advisor and founder of WorkOptions.com, it’s packed with excellent suggestions, verbiage to use, worksheets, and inspiration.

Living in a city like New York, I’ve grown used to being able to order practically any type of food that strikes my fancy, at any time. Since I’ve started traveling so much, my food choices have become limited, and if I crave any food that’s foreign to the land I’m visiting I have to make it myself. Because I really don’t know much of anything about preparing foreign foods (my specialty is eating them), I’ve been taking every chance I have to learn.