New Year's Day passed like another desktop wallpaper, changed by an unknown user.
Two years ago this holiday was just disgusting to survive, last year it was a pure expectation and now it is nothing more, but a background. All my inner resources, rational and empiric, are extremely sharpened as a predator's ones and directed to my next step: arrival to Rotterdam, where my MBA at RSM starts on the 9th January. As a common human being I need to admit: I am anxious. Not scared, but anxious. The change I was striving for is materializing in front of my eyes: I've already said goodbye to my beloved one for a few months at least and I'm going to miss him like hell. My mom never gives me even a hint, but I can sense her restless thoughts about my departure: actually, I am leaving her alone in this city for the whole year. My best friend was trying to hide her look, but I had noticed her eyes getting watery a few seconds before that. This list is long, but...
There is always a balance between what you gain and what you leave. That is some sort of an investment, which, if calculated correctly, definitely gives the expected feedback, sometimes doubled. I am sure I did all right. But no one escapes this part.
Once more, I found out how important is being active and involved once you are admitted. Thanks to our Facebook group (Varun and Markus, waving to you!) I more or less interacted with the majority of my MBA batch fellows, found a lot of bright wits (selection is really tough in RSM) and online friends there, who soon will become real ones. All the essential information is always circulating more in the social network groups rather than in official pages: the discussions are sometimes off topic, but really helpful to get to know people one is going to spend the whole year with. Plus, later, when we need to form teams for assignments and competitions, interactions go easier.
Two years ago this holiday was just disgusting to survive, last year it was a pure expectation and now it is nothing more, but a background. All my inner resources, rational and empiric, are extremely sharpened as a predator's ones and directed to my next step: arrival to Rotterdam, where my MBA at RSM starts on the 9th January. As a common human being I need to admit: I am anxious. Not scared, but anxious. The change I was striving for is materializing in front of my eyes: I've already said goodbye to my beloved one for a few months at least and I'm going to miss him like hell. My mom never gives me even a hint, but I can sense her restless thoughts about my departure: actually, I am leaving her alone in this city for the whole year. My best friend was trying to hide her look, but I had noticed her eyes getting watery a few seconds before that. This list is long, but...
There is always a balance between what you gain and what you leave. That is some sort of an investment, which, if calculated correctly, definitely gives the expected feedback, sometimes doubled. I am sure I did all right. But no one escapes this part.
Once more, I found out how important is being active and involved once you are admitted. Thanks to our Facebook group (Varun and Markus, waving to you!) I more or less interacted with the majority of my MBA batch fellows, found a lot of bright wits (selection is really tough in RSM) and online friends there, who soon will become real ones. All the essential information is always circulating more in the social network groups rather than in official pages: the discussions are sometimes off topic, but really helpful to get to know people one is going to spend the whole year with. Plus, later, when we need to form teams for assignments and competitions, interactions go easier.
