I&#x27;ve been burned out in the past and I&#x27;m going to to with what might sound like a cop out answer: It really varies. I think it depends on:<p>- Your personality
- What you did with your off time
- What kind of job situation you&#x27;re going back to<p>I do think the last point is probably the most relevant. Are you going back to the same situation as you were before? Then you&#x27;re probably not going to feel like a month is a long enough time. To be honest there might not be a long enough time. You might need to find a new job. Especially with having run at burnout levels for a year or more. It was probably longer then you think.<p>I&#x27;ve had burnout twice in my career. Once I negotiated getting laid off, took the summer off (went to the beach a lot) and then started a much more low-key job after about 4 months of just relaxing and recharging.<p>More recently I was starting to burnout. I thankfully said something to my boss during my review and we had work taken off my plate. I&#x27;m lucky enough to have a great boss that understood that and was willing to do it. It&#x27;s definitely helped curtail any sense of burnout.