Here are my advises that could be helpful for you:
- Don't look back, don't overthink about these things. You are lucky and strong ... at least to start your PhD research.
- Focus on the next step. A PhD study is a big project and you will need to prepare for that and devote your time, money and energy. Keep in mind that you have to be very hard-worker and patient, otherwise you'll learn that along the way :-)
- Don't take the example of your classmates that finished their PhD as a bad example, instead you should make that as a motivation (if they had done that, I also can do). And don't think it's easy path, you should ask your classmates about their sacrifices ... {Successful PhD study ---> costs a lot of blood, sweat and tears}, but at the end you'll be proud.
- Yourself is your first enemy. If you listen to your demotivating thoughts, you will never do anything in this life.
- and finally, don't look for the perfectionism in your research ... do it first then make it perfect
I wish a good luck to you "our future Dr."
