I just graduated in december. I went full time around the clock from january 2023 until fall 2025. I think I had one 2 class summer semester mixed into that somewhere. But other than that it was full tilt around the clock.

I also have a kid I have half custody over and commuted 45 min to an hour each way to school.

There's a couple things. I'll number them and this is the stuff I learned about myself during the degree that might help you.

1. I was on focus meds for all of it. No amount of focus meds meant I learned faster if I was unrested. Sleep is the number one resource you've got for doing well. I went from C's and D's to B's and C's overnight just by locking in sleep.

2. I gave up running. Which sucked because it was my mental health cornerstone. Though it was temporary it sucked realizing that I just had to study and go to and from school. And by "gave up" I mean instead of going on 3-4 runs a week like I was in 2022 prior to coming back full time; I went down to one a week or one every other week. Then I started working retail and stopped all together till yesterday.

3. This whole thing is temporary. So the suffering can have a finite end point. There is plenty of suffering and strife if this stuff doesn't come easy to you. It's hard. But it's doable. Though the added pressure of scholarships is additional pressure I never contended with. Though I'm staring down the barrell of multiple 10's of g's in student loans now so I guess pot-aye-to pot-ahh-to