[mason55]

When I take a break I pretty much stop thinking about poker completely. If you sit around and think about things too much you'll just perpetuate many of the things you were doing badly before. If you want to improve, play and post hands. If you want to take a break, take a real break. When you return, the game will be fresh and you'll see things you never saw any more. I find that every time I take a month off from playing or thinking about poker, when I come back, the game is an order of magnitude easier.