I take a break, just walk away from it and yes the duration you can walk away from it is inversely proportional to how much you are paid to solve it! That is p

I take a break, just walk away from it and yes the duration you can walk away from it is inversely proportional to how much you are paid to solve it! That is precisely the reason why I have learnt to work on multiple projects,3-4 at a time, so I can safely switch when things have got hard and somehow a decent duration (week or two) gives me the insight to unblock it. I know it is anecdotal but it has worked out well so far.