Good to hear that you feel you got your life back @Fredrikaa and are recharged.
Yet, over the years, I've come to view those periods where we practice the art of doing nothing as vital and often quietly fertile - our souls are being rewritten and readied for fresh engagement...
Keeping a vegetable garden, I learned of an agricultural reality that doubles up nicely as metaphor you might appreciate:
Fallow periods were traditionally used by farmers to maintain the natural productivity of their land. The benefits of leaving land fallow for extended periods include rebalancing soil nutrients, breaking crop pest and disease cycles, and providing a haven for wildlife.
So, taking a break is actually necessary not only fir our soul, but also for the soil to remain creative / productive :)
