Time to Complete Courses?

[Merlin]

Happy Saturday all,
Just had a question for all the degree seekers (or any of you who are taking college credits).  

I work full-time (I’m a teacher so usually at night I lesson planning), we have a large family that I love spending time with, involved with my church, etc.  

With that being said, I find it incredibly difficult (disheartening as well) and nearly impossible to find time to work through study.com course, SL, CLEP (modern states) prep.  

I consider myself very good with organization and time management but I still can’t get a system down to where I juggle working with actually seeing my family after work and then completing classes.

Any suggestions, tips, experiences from all the pro’s out there?    I’m all ears

Thanks in advance!

I struggle with this as well. Doubly so since I have a 2-year old who wants my attention constantly. I've had to make sacrifices to try and maximize my study time... in my case, this predominately means I rarely get more than 4-5 hours of sleep, since the only time I can dedicate to focus on studying is in the evenings after everyone else goes to bed. Luckily, I seem to be fine on lower amounts of sleep.

On the weekends we tend to be pretty busy going places like the ocean, zoo, or park, but I also try to sneak in a couple hours of study time when my daughter is napping.

I'll also download material to my phone to read while I'm out if I have some extra time. Like when I take a break between work tasks or during lunch, or while I'm on a train, etc.

When I'm on a time crunch (like a looming deadline) there have been times when I had to just close the door and buckle down in antisocial mode for a while, but I generally try to avoid doing that too often since a 2-year old won't understand.

I can't really offer any suggestions on time management, but it sounds like you have that covered... you just need to make more time to manage.