I ended ten years of employment in July. Burnout was killing my motivation to code at all and I gradually came to realize how damaging this could be.

My plan is to take a sabbatical, travel a bit, and recharge my intellectual batteries by learning a new language and a new problem domain. So far the hardest part has been sticking to my guns and turning down new job offers.

This TED talk makes a good case for this: http://www.ted.com/talks/stefan_sagmeister_the_power_of_time...