For me, addressing underlying health issues has helped. I also read a book a long time ago about "psychology" (for lack of a better word) which talked about how people have different profiles for what stuff they will do in varying amounts. You figure out how much of different types of things you need to do and find a lifestyle that gets the results you want (in terms of money or whatever) and do that.
Real life example: I'm a middle-of-the-road extrovert, so I need a certain amount of social interaction but I have my limits. When deprived of the minimum necessary amount of social interaction, my functioning is impaired. When I reach my limit, it's time to stop and go be alone for a bit. That doesn't mean I'm a flake and now abandoning folks or some such. It means my "budget" has been spent for this particular thing and I need to recharge before I can do more of it.
Folks on HN sometimes talk about being only able to code X number of hours per week and no more, so they can't manage to work full time as a coder and also do a side project. Others talk about needing to code a certain amount and being unable to just stop until they have done a certain amount of problem solving or the like. Some "needs" can be channeled somewhat into different pursuits but when the limit is reached, that's all you can do. So maybe part of the issue is that being in college uses up so much of what you have to give that there isn't enough left to finish something else on top of it? If so, then doing a start-up full time might work but trying to do it on the side might not.
Real life example: I'm a middle-of-the-road extrovert, so I need a certain amount of social interaction but I have my limits. When deprived of the minimum necessary amount of social interaction, my functioning is impaired. When I reach my limit, it's time to stop and go be alone for a bit. That doesn't mean I'm a flake and now abandoning folks or some such. It means my "budget" has been spent for this particular thing and I need to recharge before I can do more of it.
Folks on HN sometimes talk about being only able to code X number of hours per week and no more, so they can't manage to work full time as a coder and also do a side project. Others talk about needing to code a certain amount and being unable to just stop until they have done a certain amount of problem solving or the like. Some "needs" can be channeled somewhat into different pursuits but when the limit is reached, that's all you can do. So maybe part of the issue is that being in college uses up so much of what you have to give that there isn't enough left to finish something else on top of it? If so, then doing a start-up full time might work but trying to do it on the side might not.