A sabbatical is a legitimate option for career training.   This is the only time a person can learn how to fill in unstructured time.   Doing so develops skills in how to create jobs where none were defined before.     The key element of extended absences is the completely unstructured time.   Things that do need to be done can take much longer than normally would be allowed in a work setting.

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://hypothesis-discovery.com/2021/05/15/detox-from-work/