Currently doing my masters in a work related subject.
I am a single parent to two, full time full on job in the health service, work to do around my job for CPD (quite a bit, half a days work per week), elderly parents, three bed house to look after and not much money.
I started my masters for career progression but I just can't find any time to do the research, I'm really behind. Proposal is due in November. All my spare time is accounted for.
I just feel like quitting. People on my course say they feel the same, but with all due respect no one has as much on as me. People in my life say 'find time here and there' but it doesn't work like that, you need to be fully in it for hours. There's just no way I feel I can pull a dissertation together for June with my job getting more and more busy and no extra child free time. I use all my childcare time up working and all my annual leave this cover holidays.
I don't want to sacrifice my weekends, which I know is a choice and I'm sure others are, but I really need that time to decompress.