I am also starting a PhD in... a week! I have to mention thought that its my second attempt >.<

It sounds bad, as if I spent 4 years and then dropped out but it is actually less dramatic. I studied molecular medicine in ma BSc and MSc and joined a lab last year in November. After some drama I decided to leave the lab and look for something better. A few months later and with some uncertainty I found a new lab that I am going to intern at for 3 months, starting the 17th of this month.

I got accepted into their "prestigious" PhD-program. I am not sure if I will join it though. They expect their students to finish their PhD in 3-3.5 years. My project would not be finished in that time. At least 4 years. Which is why I will probably have to join their normal program, which is not a real program as it only offers a journal club once a week, no classes, nothing.

First I have to pass those 3 months. IF they still want me, I could think about the rest :)

I am excited but also worried. Worried I am not good enough for this young/motivated boss. Is he expecting too much? Am I just not fast/good enough? I never had doubts in my abilities, until somebody questioned my motivation and framed my ability to be excited about any subject to be a negative trait. As in, I lose focus if I get excited and motivated by many things. We have to see, I guess :)