First off, you are an absolute beast, and I mean that in a flattering way. I still owe you maybe ten responses in technical discussions, which I just can't seem to dole out right now (see next paragraph). Don't worry, I won't forget. :)

Over my winter "break", I found that the best cycle for me was going to bed at about 9 a.m. and waking up at about 3 p.m., and working 14-16 hours in the interim. I was able to do this for about two weeks without interruption, and I only took the equivalent of about 2 days off over the two weeks. That's at least 75 hours of true work each week. No commute, minimal breaks (mostly stuffing my face), and only occasional distractions. Edit: also should have mentioned that my girlfriend hates me now.

The motivation has come easy, due to the circumstances of my research. I'm spending most of my time not even doing physics, per se, but coding up processing routines and computations for visualizing data, which does occasionally involve some calculus. I've been the first person to lay eyes on an event that will have thousands of papers written about it (edit: hold me to this, I'll update you someday). Every day, I grab the latest downlinked data, and goddamnit if my heart isn't racing when the routines are near completing and I see the plot window building.

Soon, I'll be doing more actual physics that isn't my homework. I'm bursting at the seams with ideas for the future. If I was in a position of authority with enough money, I'd hire coders to do a bunch of this monkey work for me and have more time to read the publishing record, contribute, and put pencil to paper, doing actual physics. I'm not the best at the pencil/paper stuff, but I have some friends who are (Devac included).

And that's why my Hubski activity has been waning ever since you moved in. It's not you, it's me, bro.