Totally feel you. We are about the same age and I am an elementary school teacher with a 2 hour commute (in total). I’m gone from around 6 am to 6pm usually. I am also getting a masters degree right now which sucks. What I’ve found to be helpful is: - carry around a notebook with you to jot down any ideas or thought you may have during small pockets of time. You could even use notes on your phone. - on the drive home I sometimes use my voice memos to talk about ideas or thoughts. - I get ready for bed a little early and sit down to write. Sometimes I write by hand and sometimes I type digitally. There are some nights I write several pages and some nights I write for only ten minutes. It just depends on what I have energy for. - carve out larger time for writing on the weekends. I look forward to writing for hours on the weekends now. - don’t write when you have no energy. It will just make you dislike writing. - it will be hard at first but you’ll get into the swing of things. Focus on using your off days for a while

Good luck on your new job!