While this is true, a change of scenery can always be a way to take a few days off and recharge your batteries. Most of the time when I realized I was hurtling

While this is true, a change of scenery can always be a way to take a few days off and recharge your batteries. Most of the time when I realized I was hurtling towards a burnout, I would simply start interviewing, and once I landed a new gig, made it mandatory to have at least a week buffer between the end of one gig and the start of the other. The important thing here is I didn't do ANYTHING AT ALL that week. Sure, I cleaned the house, went biking, and generally stopped to smell the roses, but I made sure not to write a line of code, look at code or even think about code that whole week. When you're burned out, your body and mind shut down. Being able to re-engage your brain and body properly and give them the break they deserve does wonders. Even having a week just to shutdown and restart over does amazing things for your mind and body. you don't need a year to recoup and get going again.