I just want to thank everyone for this thread, as my studies at Helsinki University are about to start in about two weeks, and I'm super nervous. I'm 33 and my first attempt at a higher degree ended disastrously.
It's just calming to have something sensible to focus on and some ideas for new habits I can try to learn. I decided against starting reading the course books early as I felt it would've been too obsessive at this point, but I think after reading this thread I'll rethink that. Hell, just doing the things you're nervous about is usually the best cure anyway
