There's another way to do a lot of work and get things done, but maybe it's not for everyone: it's basically three weeks on nonstop, one week off. However, thi

There's another way to do a lot of work and get things done, but maybe it's not for everyone: it's basically three weeks on nonstop, one week off. However, this is more of a lab rat PhD approach, where you're working on ongoing experiments/procedures and your clock is kind of set by the experimental setup. Maybe it's more of a biotech thing, but I can see this being a fairly productive approach for compsci. You just have to make sure you take that week off. (*basically this means showing up in the morning, doing very little, leaving early and relaxing a bit and maybe reviewing the results a bit. If a PI or someone asks where you are, just let them know you're reviewing the results of your work binge). It probably doesn't work as well for people with other commitments who want the stable 9-5 routine five days a week (I personally loathe that routine with a passion), but for some things this approach is really productive and allows you to focus without distractions. The ones who go nuts and burnout, though, they don't take that week off.