Sorry if you think that this is going to be unsympathetic but I have done this twice so far!

If you think that this point in your life is stressful, you have no hope. If you are in your second year then next year you are going to hit the “thesis blues”. This is where you suddenly realise you absolutely hate the F*ck out of your subject and even having to have to write the damn thing is vile.

So grow some balls, push through it and get the job done. Once you finish that thesis your life begins!

Yes, it is simple, you can but it is hard work. I am completing my second PhD both of which have been part time while I worked for a living. It hurts and you don't have a massive social life, but life is hard if you want to live.

Yes, I am a mad fool that is doing his second PhD and both have been part time while I worked in industry. So why the second PhD? Well it is simple… how does one maintain his research edge when he is working for a living? Simple, you carry on studying, its ordinarily hard on your life but this is how you maintain your edge. Hard bloody work!
PhD Chemistry 1996
PhD Chemical engineering 2020 (fingers crossed)