What does work for me is having a 40 hour work week. If I'm doing the same job for 50+ hrs/week, I start to dread the work.
That said, this is drastic, seems like something other than burnout is going on.
Source: just came off a 2 1/2 year break
I'll never do that again. What an expensive lesson to learn.
I traveled the world. I went to all seven continents and fucked off big time. I partied when I wanted to. I went where I wanted to go. I was a bit hedonistic at times.
No regrets.
Eventually, I ran out of money, so I'm back again. I honestly didn't want to come back to tech, but that big paycheck, and I'm good at it.
But a vacation is good for other reasons.
This works for me, but it is a very short term solution, about 6-12months in it always seems to creep back.
I honestly don't get it. I have never experienced that feeling. I'm now on my second year of working significantly less, and you'd have to drag me back kicking and screaming.