Not a Panick Attack

So, out of curiosity, how do graduate students study for prelim exams, apply to major dissertation grants, TA, keep up with heavy theory reading courses, help run student orgs, eat healthy, remain civic-ly engaged (a la Robert Putnam), recycle, not piss off their housemates with book and notebook clutter around the house, exercise, attend brownbag seminars and interesting lectures, attend concerts, walk, deal with wintertime blues, YouTube funny Sarah Palin VP candidate SNL spoofs, and find the meaning of life all squeezed into a four-month time period?