We know juggling life, work, and a design course isn’t always easy — and yet here you are, doing it all 
We’d love to hear from you:
What’s your top tip for managing your work/study/life balance?
Whether it’s a mindset, a planner hack, or a late-night chocolate stash 
— share what’s helped you stay afloat (and maybe even thrive!) during your course.
Drop your tip below — your advice might be just what someone else needs to hear today 
I think what helped me a lot was schedule. knowing that I work well at night, and I actually have time at night I use to work every night.
I also tried scheduling my Sundays around my projects.
And lots of coffee 
I set my internet to shut off at 3:00, when my kids come home from school. It turns back on at 8:00. That way, I’m completely offline during family time, and fully focused when it’s time to work.
That’s beautiful! On a technical level, how do you do that? (I used to have webchaver / covenant eyes specifically for this feature, but they no longer offer it… been searching for a replacement!)
a very simple way is to put your internet router on a timer - it can obvsly be turned off but if your router isnt easily accessible like mine behind furniture its a good idea…
Any ideas on how to avoid getting lost browsing and opening designergy links or random stuff when there’s work to do? I really struggle with that.”
me too , would like some advice…
Techloq filter offer this option
Balancing it all…
that is the million dollar question! I think what I do is juggle it all and hope no important balls fall in the process… Setting boundaries for yourself is really the best way. When my kids were younger they didn’t know I worked as I was never on the computer when they were around. At this point I have older kids who are awake until way past when they should be so I’m not able to wait until they’re asleep anymore. I don’t have a smart phone, so if I’m not by my desk I am not reachable.
I BH am able to function on not so much sleep… for a couple days at a time and then I crash 
but I can pull late nights when need be to meet deadlines, that works better for me then working through the afternoon which is my family time.
My main survival tactic- I take a nap everyday! could be for just 10mins, could be for half hour. I need that to be able to work with a clear brain.
True! Unfortunately it’s not compatible with Mac… unless that’s changed? I’m using Gentech now.
Gentech offers it too! It’s called quality time settings and you could choose the hours it goes off.
Or on a mac under screen time you can set downtime hours where your screen gets blank during those hours (easy to override, by just clicking ignore but good if it’s something you really want and will be disciplined about )
Thanks so much!! Will reach out to gentech 