TIME MANAGEMENT: FOR PEOPLE WORKING AND STUDYING FULL TIME?

I don't think thats gonna work.....

why not just workout later in the day? Why 7am...?

I work full time and study full time also. My biggest tip. Work your schedule out first, even if it means taking a week to let it all set in - then just fit your exercise in around it. There are lots of programs/apps for managing your time, and lots of suggestions regarding cooking/planning/preparing your meals out there too. It can be done!!

Will you be working 5 days a week on those hours? - its a lot of hours per day on top of uni - remember you will need time to work on assessments and study. If you are using the weekend to catch up on study - you will also need time to catch up on your sleep. Its going to be hard doing a full weeks work and doing full time uni on top of that. If you have no choice but to take on that, I suggest you just concentrate on getting used to uni and the working with just trying to be active and eating healthy until you have adapted to the workload then see if there is spare time to fit in exercise.

I am in my final year at uni but last year was a nightmare, my husband had severe depression and needed a lot of support, I was worried about one of my lads who had agorahobia and depression and I was running the house, working my weekend job, trying to support all my family and keep on top of uni work. I took a lot of pro plus as I wasnt sleeping and fell aslee in lectures more than once as it was about 5 hours travelling I had to do to get to uni. It is difficult juggling and I was working far less hours than you are proposing.

what you may want to do is work out how many hours you actually have each day, and what you can do with them. utilise the wasted time ie I used to print off the journals in advance so that I could use the bus and train journeys as study time. Plan the night before all that you want to fit in so that you are organised without thinking about it.

I am now doing far more in my final year, my home is running smoother, I am getting to the gym more, I also do an evening class as well and I am able to support my family more - it just takes a lot of forward planning and visualisation.

Is there a gym at the uni that you can maybe fit in a session if you have a couple of hours between lectures - you could split it between study and exercise - it would be good to do the exercise first as its great for getting the brain fired up.

sorry for the huge post, hope it helps

like another poster said, let the schedule work itself out first for a week or so. you only need 30 minutes to get a good work out in. i like to have the gym to myself when i can, but sometimes thats not possible. sleep is important, so you need to get that. no point in going to the gym if you're going to be a zombie.

and stay away from energy pills and drinks. they're ok for a burst once in a while, but not every day (says the coffee junkie).

I think your safest bet is to look for a different job that won't have you working so late. Is your class schedulte pretty full all day, or are there a few days you could really fit in either a workout or some hours a job during the day time? Also what kind of job is it? When I was in college I waited tables in fine dining restaurants. You worked the least amount of hours for taking home the most amount of money. I worked lunch at one place and dinner at another and had my classes around it. I would work out at home at night, but still be in bed by 11 (unless I was partying...)

Don't take any tablets to keep yourself awake, it will spoil your health in future. Try using some time management software to manage your time and daily schedule.

Recently, I have come across one such tool called Replicon's time tracking software ( http://www.replicon.com/time-tracking-softwares.aspx ). Try out that software or take some time management training where it helps to develop your time management skills and you can reach more effective results in less time.

Getting 3-5 hours of sleep per night is going to screw up your immune system, and you'll probably end up gaining weight because when the body doesn't get enough sleep, it demands more energy in the form of calories. Not a good plan. If it is financially necessary for you to work, find a job that doesn't cut into your sleeping hours. For example, when I was in college, I worked at a coffee shop where my weekday shifts were something like 4:00-10:00 PM, and that was reasonable.

Here's an additional time management tip. Do you watch TV? If yes, stop that. It's remarkable how much TV people who complain about "having no time" watch.

I'm sure you can do it. I had a 9am - 6pm(sometimes 7 or 8 pm) full time programmer job and went to school to study engineering. I did skip a lot of classes(went only to the mandatory ones) and my grades weren't very good, but I managed to finish my studies on time. I did this for 2 years and I was very tired, but I don't regret the experience because I learned a lot.