Something I've wanted to get off my chest and ask for a while now.
I've made no secret that I specialize--hell, revel--in RPGs of one stripe or another. The big ol' time wasters that make you sink 40+ hours before you can even think of seeing the final credits (not even going into postgame territory). Publisher, sub-genre, developer, I've never really cared. But over the years, I've come to realize that gaming burnout is real (not helped by my bizarre work schedule). After a bit of mental fiddling, I went ahead and starting playing "palate cleanser" games; Metroidvania platformers, old shumps, even FPS (where I don't have to deal with PvP anyway) or hack-n-slash. I found that it helps to let my brain scrub out of some the outside stress and pull away from whatever RPG system I'm into long enough to let things reset and refresh.
Am I the only player that does this? Are there any other strategies in use that help keep up that nerdy little spark and make up pick up that controller?