Congratulations for starting your PhD journey (even if you are well past first year) 🥳
Beginning a PhD can be quite overwhelming. I'm now about half-way through my second year and I really feel like I have found my groove with day-to-day work.
But I remember the first couple months of first year being a bit more challenging. There were a lot of times when I didn't really know what I was supposed to be doing. So to avoid others feeling similarly lost I made a list of 20 things to do in first year or early on in your PhD. Some of these are great to do before you start, but they're also great to do when you don't really know what to be doing!