Positive stories about doing postgraduate whilst working ?

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Maybe I’m crazy but I’m due to start a postgraduate degree in January whilst also working full time and looking after my 2 year old.

someone please tell me I’m not completely crazy ?

is it a part time postgrad? If so, then I can say that in my experience it’s totally achievable as most of those on my course were in that position (me included)

What sort of post grad degree is it- taught or research? can you say a bit more?

I did a PhD while working PT. Not sure I could have managed FT.

You're crazy. Sorry.

Yeah it is part time and study from home so the lectures will recorded to watch whenever is best. It’s a forensic psychology course

I'm in a similar position, work full time, four kids ranging from 14 years to 1 year old, and I'm starting a PT law conversion masters in May 😅

I think you can do it as long as you have help with the 2 yr old. I did an MA while working full time (like you online / remotely) but I did not have children at that point.

I did it working 4 days a week, 3 year old (and then got pregnant again) and completed it when they were 6 and 2ish was 3 years total. I had a 3 hour round trip commute on those 4 days, and my husband worked away a lot of it. No family around, we lived in a new area hundreds of miles from family.

I look back now and think HOW did I do it?! But I did, maybe it helped I was pretty young and full of energy and ambition 🤣 my commute actually helped as it was train so I did nearly all my reading on the train!

It was a distance learning course, so no lectures to attend (there were 3 study schools). My work were very supportive so I got study days for deadlines, so utilised nursery and essay writing on those days.

I did an MSc and a separate PgDip when I was young and single but working FT

In my 50s I did the same thing. An MA and then, a couple of years later, a PgDip. Again, working FT but now with 3 school aged kids.

Don't think I'd have enjoyed it as much with a 2 year old.

I did a part time Masters over 4 years while working full time with 2 teenagers. All online. It was generally fine with some intense time while writing mid- and end of module assignments, then the dissertation took blooming ages but that's because I'd never written anything so long! The term times were relatively short and had holidays so I found it OK. And I really enjoyed the subject which probably helps.

You are not crazy - I started my PhD part time when my kids were 4 and 6 and I was working 3 days a week . No regrets - it took 6 years and a fair amount of discipline - up at 6am to do an hour before kids woke up and some late nights...

It did involve leaving kids with DH for between 3-5 weeks at a time once a year to do my field work overseas. They survived on beans on toast, sardines on toast and fishmongers on toast. Good bonding time... lots of beans on toast, sardines on toast and scrambles eggs on toast I heard..