I've spent a good chunk of the past ten years using almost every moment reading up and learning about all things tech. This year, I decided to hold back on the tech stuff and started to read up and learn a foreign language instead (Japanese). It's been extremely refreshing to be able to do something completely new for a change. And it's had a bonus side-effect for me that I really didn't anticipate: it's actually helped me to do more quality work during the week because of these two-day sabbaticals. My mind works so much better on Monday mornings.