For me, it was taking time for some self-motivated projects. I am really only happy if I a planning/designing/building something. The way I cure burnout is to

For me, it was taking time for some self-motivated projects. I am really only happy if I a planning/designing/building something. The way I cure burnout is to stop working on other people's priorities, and take on a challenging project that is entirely self-motivated. An achievable dream, that a few weeks of full time effort (with time off to sleep and eat well) will make happen. For my first episode of burnout, I took some time off and built the ham radio antenna system that I had wanted for a while. Which involved some engineering planning, some construction planning (schedule the backhoe, schedule the concrete, schedule friends for a tower raising party, planning the after-antenna-raising BBQ party...), and lots of physical work out in the sun. It was an achievable dream, and entirely about scratching my own itch for fun. For me, just "relaxing on the beach" never works, whether I am burned out or not. I need to be planning/designing/building. YMMV.