> I burned myself out once and it took at least 12 years to regain full productivity. Don't do it. This is interesting to me -- I've been seriously "burned out

> I burned myself out once and it took at least 12 years to regain full productivity. Don't do it. This is interesting to me -- I've been seriously "burned out" at least three times, and each time it's taken me about a month at the right job to recover. We'll see the next time, but I certainly hope/expect it will take a month or less again.