No! The course will take you a couple of hours a week for 6 weeks. After that, none of the various accounts take long to set up. Researching which platforms to use from your country, though many are international, will take less time than the research you'd do to plan a holiday if you do the chilled investor course and know what you're looking for. Once set up, I spend minutes a week on my investments, and you could leave it for weeks without looking at any of it once you’re up and running.