Or, after working for three hours sorting through papers, you can watch 
Lord of the Rings. At 1 am. Yep, that's what Michael and I did -- he was 
hard at work coding, I was hard at work sorting, then we just stopped and 
watch a movie.

I really need to sleep.

Definitely give yourself a break, in one way or another.

Judith

Take a vacation - a long one - no, I mean a really really long one.  Minimum
>of one week but two or more if you can afford it.  Don't bring a computer
>with you.  Don't check your email.  Don't bring anything technology related
>with you.  No tech mags to read on the plane, nothing.  It doesn't have to
>be a 3 week international odyssey, but it helps to get away from home.  Long
>camping trip, maybe a long visit to out of town family, or even stay in
>town, but get out of the house.
>
>Also...  I for one ALWAYS come back super-charged from DevCon, CF-North, or
>any other tech conference in our field.  I get to hang out with people I
>only see at the conferences, and talk about crazy fun projects that everyone
>is working on.  I get to hear about how they are using technology in ways I
>haven't thought of, and I get exposed to tons of new things...  It's like
>the vacation thing, except the polar opposite.  You take a trip away from
>home and totally immerse yourself in the technology for a few days.  Charges
>me right back up, and I come back with a head chock full of new ideas and
>plans.
>
>Other than that I also agree with what others have said about hobbies and
>such.  Though I have yet to really stick to one.
>
>Ok, I really didn't mean for this to be such a long guts-spilling post, but
>I feel better now...  Perhaps we need a cf support group for recovering
>burnouts?  hehe...

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