College Stress Support Group
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Any older students around? I started at my local community colllege last year at the age of 35. While I love the challenge of school I am finding it hard to balance a full time job, family (married, 4 kids) and 1-2 classes each quarter. As it is I leave my house at 6am and get home around 8pm Monday - Friday. My day includes an over 2 hour commute, 8 hours of work and 3-4 hours of online school. I work hard during the week to keep my weekend free so I can dedicate those to my family and household chores. My work is pressuring me to work overtime, my kids make comments about how I am never around, my wife is overwhelmed with the extra responsiblities and I find myself wondering if it is worth it. At this rate I have about 5 years more of school ahead of me. Any tips and words of encouragement would be appreciated.
I'm pretty sure you can do everything if you want, especially, in your case, because it's really great you'd like to get an education, it gives you a lot of opportunities. but if you feel stress and anxiety, you should know it's ok, because we aren't robots. and for this case, there are services like https://gpalabs.com/ , when your deadlines are really on fire.
keep calm, everything will be fine!
I'm an older student as well and I just wanted to say that I know that it's difficult.
It's also super rewarding to go back to school and all your hard work will pay off in the long run.