Wife, Mom, & Student

[Dreamer05, BSN, RN]

I'm a wife, mother, and student who works full-time. I am new to this forum. Please give insight of how others, like myself make it all work. I mean it's extremely stressful. I'm exhausted most of the time. How do you balance all of your responsibilities? Does/did school cause a negative impact on your family due to the stress? If so how did you manage? Thanks in advance.

[mmc51264, BSN, MSN, RN]

I have managed all three for most of the 15 years that I have been married. I am back in school again. My husband is truly a co-parent. He has stepped up and been great. We may not get to spend as much time together as we would like, but it is quality time. We manage to have dinner together at least 4 nights a week. This degree and the last one are both online, so I get to do my school work during the day when kids are at school. I am a weekend nurse, so hubby is there for the weekends. I have to add, both of my kids are Type 1 diabetics so we all work really hard to keep that maintained. Everything is doable if you work together and make a plan.

[Pangea Reunited, ASN, RN]

I cut back my work to six hours a week and got divorced in my last semester. It was a very tough time, but I'm much happier now. I'm not sure that's the kind of "making it work" story you're looking for, but I'm in a sharing mood.