I have found things easier to juggle by making use of small amounts of time. So far I've only managed to get this happening with house work but it'd be great to do it a bit with study too.

For example if i do the dishes every time I eat instead of letting them pile up it's no biggie. I'll often put a load of washing on at night and hang it our quickly first thing in the morning or just before I go to bed.

Little habits like that have helped me free up time on my weekends which used to be more than half filled with domestic crap.

I know what you mean though. I'm getting more stubborn about what people can realistically expect from me and what I should have to give up to please them. My PhD supervisor thinks I should be working a minimum of 60 hours a week and is constantly demanding to know what i'm doing training wise.

I just decided 9 to 5 week days and the occasional extra bit on the weekend is all I'm prepared to do. Research into work productivity doesn't advocate longer hours. My supervisor doesn't produce wonderful work and he doesn't work the hours he would expect me to. Sometimes people demand more from you just to make up for where they are lacking themselves. Like Andre said they just pass the buck and you have to decide at some stage to look after your health by limiting that.

I try to just enjoy my sport purely for that time and let it help me destress now. Before I used to be constantly thinking about what else I could be catching up on and that stopped me from enjoying it. Now I've just decided it's my right - a lot of people will spend almost as much time watching TV as we do training but because that's considered normal people don't pull them up on it.

I have to admit I don't always handle stress well myself but i think you've got a lot of good suggestions from other people here. I might have to follow a few of them up myself actually!