What to do to prepare for PE Associate year 1?

Signed an offer for 2023 and curious to know what people do to prepare in the meantime? I'm coming from consulting, so will be doing DD's primarily, but wanted to get an idea of what to do on my own time.

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Mentally prepare yourself for 2 years of hell would be my advice

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