The thing that provides the best reset for me is a couple of days entirely off the grid, definitely without cell service, preferably without power. There is som

The thing that provides the best reset for me is a couple of days entirely off the grid, definitely without cell service, preferably without power. There is something about being out on a backpacking trip–10 miles walking from the nearest road, an hours drive to reliable cell service–that really allows me to clear my head. That Nagios alarm that might be going off right now? Literally impossible for me to know about it. Somebody else's problem. Idea pops into my head about how to solve x problem I've been mulling over for days? Impossible to get that programming dopamine hit from immediately sitting down and implementing it. Gotta just write it in my notebook and pick it up on Monday. I very often come home from those trips with fresh perspective on big questions I've been avoiding, or good new ideas to pursue.