Did an Open University home course in an Introduction to Law, and this year finished my cILEX legal secretary certificate. All in the hopes of getting a better job.
The experience is one of those things which for me was hit and miss. Sometimes I'd be feeling psyched about getting into the studies (which for the latter was pure practice exercises) and other times it felt like a "Urgh, I'm being forced to do this" attitude like what I felt at school. Wednesday was usually the day I'd set aside for a chunk of studying, with plans being a part of a unit a week, however this sometimes became smaller amounts due to not being bothered. So I made up the work during the week.
I doubt this will happen in most other courses, but the "find your own examiner" concept I had to sort out was a bit of a ballache.
I'm happy I passed and I have a qualification to show for it. But at the moment I'm not able to get a relevant job and I can feel the knowledge slipping away, as well as a growing sensation of being pissed off that I've wasted money on these things.