I think what I learned from going back to finish my BA after 20 years was that I could survive extreme boredom 
I’m not kidding that was a big deal for me. It was a realization that I made in the midst of a split second decision to quit because the work i was doing was so excrutiatingly boring that it felt like my brain was being twisted around. I experienced some sort of momentary spark of enlightenment and clarity where I recognized the destructive pattern I had followed until then which involved quitting when things became difficult. I guess classic add avoidance patterns. I pushed myself through as a result. But it took another decade andt meds to conquer my laundry pile lol.
