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Did that too while working full time and raising two kids, thesis and all. Glad I did it, gladder I’m done.

daxfohl 5y ago
For some reason I thought I had clicked on the comments section for the "two sleeps" article and saw this and thought "wow".
- prawn 5y ago
  I would've thought it was the default for many parents; my youngest child is pretty persistent with her polyphasic sleep...
  - vidarh 5y ago
    When my son was younger I got into a habit of going to sleep when he did, and then getting up a few hours later to do a few hours of work on side projects and then back to sleep. It worked quite well. We'd also get into the habit of taking him to soft play centres (for those unaware: think warehouse full of padded climbing structures over multiple floors and a horde of kids running rampant through them; a total nightmare if your kid insists you join in, or quite relaxing when they run off by themselves) during the weekend so he could wear himself out totally and then go home and have a couple of hours nap when he did. Until that horrible day when we got home from the soft play and he didn't go down for a nap... I can still remember the disappointment (we ended up still taking naps, but having to take turns)
rootusrootus 5y ago
Getting my master's while working full time and raising two young kids is probably not the brightest choice I've ever made, but I feel similarly. Glad I did it, even more glad that I'm finished. Nice to have my life back...
angarg12 5y ago
I also completed my master's while working full time way back then (+10 years ago). I wouldn't say it was the happiest or most relaxed time of my life, but I'm glad it was over in a year. BTW in restrospect doing a master's degree wasn't such a good choice anyway.
- commandlinefan 5y ago
  > doing a master's degree wasn't such a good choice Curious why you feel that way? I did mine because my employer paid for 100% of it - I don't think it would have been worth it if I'd had to pay for it myself, but otherwise I got a lot out of it.

For some reason I thought I had clicked on the comments section for the "two sleeps" article and saw this and thought "wow".

prawn 5y ago
I would've thought it was the default for many parents; my youngest child is pretty persistent with her polyphasic sleep...
- vidarh 5y ago
  When my son was younger I got into a habit of going to sleep when he did, and then getting up a few hours later to do a few hours of work on side projects and then back to sleep. It worked quite well. We'd also get into the habit of taking him to soft play centres (for those unaware: think warehouse full of padded climbing structures over multiple floors and a horde of kids running rampant through them; a total nightmare if your kid insists you join in, or quite relaxing when they run off by themselves) during the weekend so he could wear himself out totally and then go home and have a couple of hours nap when he did. Until that horrible day when we got home from the soft play and he didn't go down for a nap... I can still remember the disappointment (we ended up still taking naps, but having to take turns)

rootusrootus 5y ago

Getting my master's while working full time and raising two young kids is probably not the brightest choice I've ever made, but I feel similarly. Glad I did it, even more glad that I'm finished. Nice to have my life back...

angarg12 5y ago

I also completed my master's while working full time way back then (+10 years ago). I wouldn't say it was the happiest or most relaxed time of my life, but I'm glad it was over in a year. BTW in restrospect doing a master's degree wasn't such a good choice anyway.

commandlinefan 5y ago
> doing a master's degree wasn't such a good choice Curious why you feel that way? I did mine because my employer paid for 100% of it - I don't think it would have been worth it if I'd had to pay for it myself, but otherwise I got a lot out of it.