Working full time and supporting a young family is quite a challenge for the student pilot. I find it impossible to plan long stretches of study time without interuption, work matters or domestic distractions.
The way I deal with it is carry the books with me everywhere I go. I usually don't get a lunch break but if I did get any spare time my current study book is not too far away. So the little and often technique works for me. I try and read a couple of pages on an evening even though I find myself re-reading them later.
The best time is late evening. I find myself remembering stuff better that way. Living with the books is pretty sad considering I'm only doing this as a hobby but accumulating snipets of info here and there regularly works better for me than long boring study marathons.
The confuser is a vital aid to gauge whether I'm ready for the exam. Mistakes and all, it's not called the confuser for nothing.