@Tom Wijsman, True that this question would mostly get personal opinions, but I think that some answers would provide insight on some effective things to do or techniques to "charge the batteries". This is similar to question like this (http://productivity.stackexchange.com/questions/3/any-suggestions-for-crm-in-personal-life) is also a list of personal opinions on what CRM solution worked or not worked as it comes down to it being a good fit for our personal circumstances. Anyhow, majority rules...

@tehnyit: The example question you linked is a kind of a niche question. Objectively "changing the batteries" is clearing your head/stress, getting energy and becoming productive again. But as you already stated that you have no problem with it, your question seems to be rather probing for (subjective) alternatives; rather than asking for an objective answer that sums up what you should be doing, so that when you continue your productivity will be on the same or a reinforced level...

1I would happily help to reopen your question if someone could restate it to be more about how to refresh rather than what actions to take. Majority indeed rules, but it works both way. We're not here to dumb individual question down, but rather to help improve the quality of the community so that we get constructive Q&As that are based of actual problems so that we can be really helpful. The problem is that we don't have edit rights so early on, and I personally feel that edit suggestions aren't feasible enough to wait for them being accepted instead of suggesting improvement right away. – Tom Wijsman – 2011-06-24T13:34:24.573

@Tom Wijsman, I have edited the question to be more constructive. Do you think it is goot fit for the Q&A and thus allow this question to be opened? – tehnyit – 2011-07-01T21:23:37.040

Maybe, gave you the benefit of the doubt and placed a reopen vote to get it started. – Tom Wijsman – 2011-07-01T21:42:04.163

Thanks @Tom, I think with the number of upvotes that the question got, even prior to my edit shows, that there is some interest in this question. – tehnyit – 2011-07-02T05:07:32.730

Vague question imo – Dmitry Selitskiy – 2011-06-24T12:25:46.467

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@Dmitry: I find this question to be rather not constructive, as it will solicit polling for a list of what people do in their spare time, however this is not the expertise we are looking for. Other than that, it's also a bit along the lines of being bad subjective, as simple different people do different things to recharge and somethings are arguable better than others. I dislike coffee or going to fetch coffee, others dislike exercise, and so on...

Well put Tom, agree – Dmitry Selitskiy – 2011-06-24T12:46:03.407

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@tehnyit: Please note that on Stack Exchange we expect questions that are based on actual practical problems, so that they are constructive and lead towards a solution for that problem. You can however wait for the public beta to raise activity on our chat and then try to ask it there, or consult search engines with useful things to do in a pause. It's all personal anyway; for example, telling others to watch 2 cat videos on YouTube isn't going to help. Voting isn't about personal preferences...