No need to take a break, but leaving a few minutes earlier, being aware and a little extra cautious, and/or exploring new routes is good. Especially the latter. I was really locked in to my usual routes until I started tracking my miles and was interested in reaching goals just beyond where monthly or yearly mileage would have naturally put me. Exploring new routes not only gave me the extra miles I was looking for, but it also freshened my riding experience, gave me options to ride different routes some days that I'm now already familiar with and actually gave me some new regular routes that are far more pleasant.

Be open to going a little farther to get a nicer experience. Usually a mile out of the way is nothing on the bike, and if it avoids a nasty intersection or brutal hill, it may actually be faster! One of my now regular routes is three and half miles longer than the direct route home, but instead of having a stop sign or stop light every five blocks or so, has five and half miles of very good MUP that only has a single stop light on it! The slightly longer commute home is worth it most days to get to actually pedal along uninterrupted for all that time! Makes for a totally different experience than having to always keep an eye on the mirror for the cars, be subjected to all their noise, have to constantly scan for them, and be stopped by the controls designed for them every few blocks.