@anjjredd

This might be more info than you want (and from someone who is an older sister and used to being bossy). So here is a TL;DR and then more details if you find the info helpful:

-Evaluate if you are a morning or evening person and change your work schedule (if possible) to accommodate studying when your brain is at peak capacity.

-Reduce screen time and increase sleep

-Multi-task through daily responsibilities

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Re: Morning or evening, I would say evaluate if you are a morning or evening person. Do you think better at work the first half of the day or the second half? Also, consider any reasonable changes you can make to your work schedule to accommodate prime-time for your brain. I changed my work schedule to 7:15AM-4PM which allowed me to finish my workday earlier and have an hour or two to study before I felt mentally tired. That really helped!

This next suggestion might give away that I am a millennial, but I would say especially if you are a morning person, find ways to reduce screen time by 30 minutes to 1 hour each day and use that time to get more sleep. Getting up 30 minutes to an hour earlier in the morning while not making up for the missed sleep takes away from optimal brain capacity.

Re: Additional responsibilities, I found it helpful to pair things like housework, commuting, and exercise with either studying or relaxing, depending on time of day and mental alertness. For example, if I was tired after work, I listened to a novel while doing housework/cooking to allow my mind to relax and then I studied after. Alternatively, if I felt sufficiently alert while commuting to work, I listened to an audio book that required my attention and interaction with a topic related to logic or philosophy to work on critical thought.

Wishing you all the best for studying, it feels difficult on a tired day but is worth it!

Wishing you all the best for your studies! I have been studying for the LSAT for a year now and am getting ready to take it this month. I work full time (albeit 4/5 days a week remotely) and have additional commitments- i.e., a dog, a husband :D and church. I structured my studying by gradually increasing over the course of the year. I started out with studying 1-2 hours a couple times a week. Then, increased to studying 2 hours 3-4 days a week and progressed from there. Right now, I took two weeks off work and am studying 4-6 hours a day. The gradual increase over 12 months allowed me to stay focused and present with my job, family, and friends while also slowly preparing people for being less available and spending more time studying. I think it also helped prevent burnout from trying to follow that schedule for the entire year. I am on track to score at least a 160 (hoping for a 163-165). When I began studying last year, I got pretty much every LR question wrong but was able to learn what I needed with my study plan. All that to say- you can do it! Review your schedule and commitments and come up with a plan that works best for you. The key to success is to evaluate the plan regularly, stick to it diligently, and increase gradually as you can.