Ysiegel, thanks for your vivid description! please post more if you can. I would say it is definitely worth trying to improve the conditions, but what you describe sounds like a reaosnably challenging way of life that a normal religious person should be able to handle. Waking up and starting marching before davening? Think of Jewish merchants in history that travelled with caravans. You get to go when they get to go. Could be with dawn. No free hour to learn? You can review Mishna by heart while you are marching. Visiting lecturer is not inspiring? Download a pre-recorded lecture by your rosh yeshiva and listen to that together with your friends. This is challenging but not the end of the world.
