awesome! i coincidentally self-imposed a no computer saturday yesterday. it was amazing. i <i>highly</i> recommend it; you'll know when you need it.<p>i'd been behind on a project and working long hours (self-imposed startup). the last three nights my eyeballs felt like they were going to explode--you know how you can get so tired that trying to sleep is perversely miserable?<p>i finally got to a stopping point--too tired to celebrate even emotionally--so when i woke up saturday i read, played piano, played frisbee and swam, and then went over to a friend's house for dinner. came home, played harmonica in bed, and was out like a lamp on lights-out day. the last thing i remember is mumbling how comfortable tired stretched out i was.<p>there's no point talking about, tho. you have to try it. i usually work through weekends, still taking break for frisbee and such, but sometimes i need more of a break to engage with the world and rejuvenate creative thinking.<p>btw, my inspiration was a recent discussion on hn regarding laptops v computer labs. i'd noticed my productivity/happiness parabola correlates with time-on-laptop, and then i need to get my brain out of a laptop usage rut. so great!<p>btbtw, i used laptop for piano sheet music, and while i checked email to make sure nothing critical had happened, after noting all was well i never looked back. the main goal was to restore balance after the extremes of the week, not impose an unrelenting extreme.