Thank you for this interesting Ask!
I still need to get my driver’s license; that’s something that I’d definitely do in an extended time off. Beyond that, I can’t think of any activity that I’d like to do, which I wouldn’t otherwise be able to do. I don’t talk much about what keeps me busy; but you gotta understand that I’m not really the sort of person who would take long time off ^^… Definitely not a whole year…
But your question runs deeper than this answer, I realize. A sabbatical isn’t per se a holiday. A sabbatical can be used to attain personal goals such as traveling the world, writing a book, recording a music album.. in business terms, high-profile managers may use such a time to get experience at another facility or company… In academic terms, a researcher may use such a time to go to another laboratory to learn new techniques and get acquainted with new ways of thinking. Though, simultaneously, it isn’t called a sabbatical in research, as far as I know.
I feel that I still have a lot to learn, especially in terms of data analysis. Right now, I have a basic grasp of statistics and data analysis ®. Though, I need a lot of help from others, still. There’s also a lot of laboratory techniques which I’m not familiar with. It’s perhaps boring to read about these topics, especially when I talk about more advanced ones. Though, that’s just the way how I am ^^. I am no student any more, after all.