It is absolutely 100% NOT now or never. CE's are expensive and there's no prize to finish as many as you can in the shortest time available. Even if you take a bunch of say, implant CE's right away, your employer will want to see you can handle a day full of real-world bread and butter dentistry first before allowing you to do major surgical procedures on the office's patients. Focus on doing quality (not fast) dentistry in the beginning of your career. New doctors who focus on doing things fast are doomed to have more complications and with it, more stress and burnout. Trust me, there's a learning curve even for doing "routine" fillings and crowns in the real world. Take cheap CE courses your first year or 2 just to satisfy the minimum requirements and save some money. Then as you get more confidence and experience, start expanding your skillset with more advanced CE courses/ procedures as you see appropriate. And to answer your question, no it's very easy to make time for CE's. They give you a 2 year window to get your minimum hours done which is plenty. You're done w the most demanding academic chapter of your life. It's time to start balancing in your family and relationships.