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I would recommend you simply relax and enjoy the time off :)
Haha yep that's mostly my plan! Actually staying with my parents for a few weeks to really get some bonding in.
Unfortunately my country is still in heavy lockdown so need to figure out SOMETHING to do in the lull and thought prep might be useful at least haha
Oh and maybe get into an exercising habit as that tends to slip once you start working long hours!
Haha yep 50KM biked in the past 2 days!
If you really run out of fun / relaxing things to do, you could familiarise yourself with excel & ppt if you’re not yet proficient. Not sure whether BCG use thinkcell, but we use it extensively (it’s a ppt add-in) and you could practice making a few charts and trying out the functionalities. Believe they have a free trial
It’s different! I used MacBooks all the way through university and now couldn’t go back to it for work (and can’t justify a MacBook for netflixing & browsing).. that’s really the only thing I would do. Everything else comes on the job - I’m sure they have a very specific way of doing things / writing / drawing pages (as do most firms?) so trying to pre-empt that won’t be hugely helpful!
Rising Star
Fight the urge. Read books, learn a non work skill, enrich yourself outside of your professional life because it is going to completely consume you once you start
This is very fair! Got Marcus Aurelius on my bedside table for weeks so I need to crack into that