am_Unition and I are both starting our first year in a PhD program and we were wondering if there's any other Hubskiers in the same boat :)
I'm feeling so excited yet nervous. I just met with my advisor today and we have a game plan for my first year! I'm feeling ready to go even though I don't officially "start" until the end of the month. But I'm also afraid of failure. What if all my ideas are terrible or don't work out?! hyperventilates
So, new PhDs, how do you feel? And those of you in the middle of a PhD or who have finished one, what's something you wish you had known/done when you started?
Ah yes, and my advisor gave me the following essay as reading material a while back, which I just remembered:
Ten Lessons I Wish I Had Been Taught
It's short and it's not about how to handle the start of grad school. But it is good advice in general for academic careers, and in particular for careers in math.