How do you get in your "productive" mode?
scottw: You might want to consider that your brain has limits:http://scienceblogs.com/cortex/2009/12/willpower.phpI don't want to say "you can't do it" but I remember from my school days hitting the wall and there was nothing I could do about it until I'd had time to rest and recharge.Here are some interesting links about gumption I've collected over the past few months (mostly from HN):http://www.alistapart.com/articles/burnout/
http://sivers.org/dont-fight-it
http://www.futurepundit.com/archives/006569.htmlIn short, 10 hours of mental work might be your limit. I know that if I can squeeze in 10 solid hours of good creative mental work, I've had an extremely good day. Most good days I'll eek out 6 hours. Average days are probably around 4.You might look at options to reduce that 10 hours somehow. Some people drop out of school, some just skip a class a day, some drop a class from the schedule altogether, etc.You also don't talk about what your 11th hour is. Finding something interesting to you, especially if you're out of gumption, will be critical.When you're full of mental energy, you can do anything; when you're out mental energy, your choices of what you can do are limited to easy things that are interesting.Good luck!