I think that you have to prioritize - no human can do the four things you've listed at max capacity for each. It's just impossible. You can have a Dad, have a part-time consultancy, be working on your startup "on the side" for 15ish hours a week, and go to school part-time. That works. But there's only so many working hours and so many play hours to go around.
168: Hours in a week
50: Hours of sleep a week (average)
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118 hours of work and play
60 hours a week of working
58 hours a week of playing
Of those 60 hours, it's just a matter of priorities that week in terms of what goes where. You can't work full-time on the consultancy, the startup, and be the degree - just not enough hours in the week.
The reason I spell it out like this is that sometimes our mental approach to a problem causes stress for us. If you have it in your head that, "I'm trying to do my consultancy full-time and get my degree quickly", then man - that's just a lot of pressure when you look around and go, "Holy crap - I've hardly worked on my startup at all today! Sorry, honey - I can't play with little {insert_child_name} today because I need to work!" The right frame of mind makes a lot of difference IMO.
Hey thanks. I've tried several times to have set hours for the different tasks, but it doesn't last long, everything becomes a blur again in a few days. That's when the stress level spikes.
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I think that you have to prioritize - no human can do the four things you've listed at max capacity for each. It's just impossible. You can have a Dad, have a part-time consultancy, be working on your startup "on the side" for 15ish hours a week, and go to school part-time. That works. But there's only so many working hours and so many play hours to go around.
168: Hours in a week
50: Hours of sleep a week (average)
========================
118 hours of work and play
60 hours a week of working
58 hours a week of playing
Of those 60 hours, it's just a matter of priorities that week in terms of what goes where. You can't work full-time on the consultancy, the startup, and be the degree - just not enough hours in the week.
The reason I spell it out like this is that sometimes our mental approach to a problem causes stress for us. If you have it in your head that, "I'm trying to do my consultancy full-time and get my degree quickly", then man - that's just a lot of pressure when you look around and go, "Holy crap - I've hardly worked on my startup at all today! Sorry, honey - I can't play with little {insert_child_name} today because I need to work!" The right frame of mind makes a lot of difference IMO.
Best of luck!
Hey thanks. I've tried several times to have set hours for the different tasks, but it doesn't last long, everything becomes a blur again in a few days. That's when the stress level spikes.