Time organization for an engineer who works full-time and pursuing PhD I am an engineer working in Germany. I got my M.Sc. two years ago, and how I am going to pursue Dr.-Ing. along my job. I know that it will be tough, but I am motivated, and have time to invest.

My biggest problem is time. I need help how to organize myself the best, since I am not only working on my PhD, I have regular job as well. I am mostly interested in ground work (literature research and how to organize it, as well as tracking the progress). I would much appreciate experiences from people who are in same position (PhD and job).
I am currently doing my master in information science (on top of the PhD I already have) while having a (more than) fulltime job. There are some advices I would give someone planning to do something similar:


Be organized. I started to be much more organized than evere before and are using management tools in addition to organize my study times and keep track of deadlines, meetings, courseworks, ... Some examples: I have three google calendars with different colours, one for my private dates, one for my fulltime job and one for my studies. Trello helps me to keep track of long checklists, projects, deadlines and so on. My files, texts, scripts are organized systematically on my computer. 
Clear your mind. Write down tasks and plans. The less you have to keep in mind, the better you can learn. 
Say goodbye to perfectionism. No matter how much you try: While having a fulltime job you will never achieve the studying time a fulltime student has. If you try to be perfect in everything, this might simply demoralize you and if there is one thing you defenitely don't need, it's demoralization.
Plan breaks. If you don't plan breaks, you won't have breaks. Since you will need breaks to not burn out, plan breaks and days off. Even if you think you don't need a break, take breaks.


There are two articles with further thoughts, one on idealist and one on thefinancialdiet.