[derekp7]

My best cure for burnout was actually being unemployed for 4 months a decade ago. Spent some time with recruiters, but since it was in the middle of a hiring slump there was very little activity on that front. I spend many days at a camper we had parked at a seasonal spot about 30 miles from the house (and this was in the summer). By the time I landed my next job I was completely refreshed and hit the ground harder than a fresh graduate.

Now is 4 months the magic number? I don't know, but 2 weeks would seem to be the minimum. But also a seemingly large part of it was going to a new job afterwards, where I was starting fresh (although previous job switches had about 0 impact on burnout, so I'm not so sure how much the job change helped).