Whilst I admire your passion, if you try to take on too much in addition to consulting you will burn yourself out.

Consulting can be very intense, and adding additional work for yourself will be difficult. Remember, its a marathon not a sprint!

One way of improving your skills without burning yourself out might be to focus on english (one of the skills you mentioned). Improving your english can come in many forms so I would find ways to do this that you also find relaxing (reading, talking with friends etc.)

Please don't do this!

I think you're underestimating how brutally tough the job can be. Focus on resting and recharging so that you can learn on the job. If you come into each week tired and worn out because of weekend work, you're going to perform worse not better.

At the very least, just give it a month or two…if you still think you want to work weekends, come back and we'll be happy to advise :)

Hi there,

Please forget about this!

Your free time should be sacred to you and your employer. Having time (and taking it) to switch off is the only way to not burn out prematurely. That's the reason why no respectable company would want you to go down the route you're suggesting because the result isn't what you want it to be.

What you need to learn instead is to put limits i.e. what hours are you not available during the week (e.g. sports, baby bath time, meditation) and what time on Friday are you switching your computer and phone off before switching on again Monday. 

Establish those limits with confidence, which is what all people do who go far. If you don't you wont last long!

Best of luck!