I'm 23. I'm not sure how long your commute is, but I know that driving takes a mental toll no matter how long.
I'm enrolled full-time in school while also being full-time employed. Most of my time spent outside of work during the week is spent studying for my courses. Thankfully, however, these are all interesting and align with my goals.
Other than that, I simply take time that I would spend watching a movie or playing a game and assign it to project work. I, however, do personal projects in bursts where I'm fixated on it for over a week or two and have a period of dormancy before I continue back down another rabbit hole.
I'm not sure how your sleep is, but that was one of the biggest detractors from my motivation to actually do anything more than the bare minimum to function. I'd say I was chronically overslept for two years or more. Since I've refocused and improved my sleep, despite working a full-time job, I find it 1000 orders of magnitude easier to do more than the bare minimum. Maybe look there and see?
I'm enrolled full-time in school while also being full-time employed. Most of my time spent outside of work during the week is spent studying for my courses. Thankfully, however, these are all interesting and align with my goals.
Other than that, I simply take time that I would spend watching a movie or playing a game and assign it to project work. I, however, do personal projects in bursts where I'm fixated on it for over a week or two and have a period of dormancy before I continue back down another rabbit hole.
I'm not sure how your sleep is, but that was one of the biggest detractors from my motivation to actually do anything more than the bare minimum to function. I'd say I was chronically overslept for two years or more. Since I've refocused and improved my sleep, despite working a full-time job, I find it 1000 orders of magnitude easier to do more than the bare minimum. Maybe look there and see?