My (current) Management Problem

Though this has always been a problem for me, dealing with CHANGE is currently my biggest management problem. Three weeks ago I came back from Paris after spending 6 months studying abroad. When first arriving to Paris I struggled to deal with the many changes I'd be facing, and now after having returned, there is more change to adjust to.

This "change" falls into many different categories:


1)SCHOOL
In France, the school system was COMPLETELY different. Classes were held once a week (which meant 3 and a half hour long classes!) and professors didn't use textbooks OR a syllabus. They had very little interest in the students, as individuals. Grades were purely determined based on ONE final exam or paper. I struggled to adjust to this change, and my school work/grades suffered tremendously.I was confused and stressed out about it, and tried to shut out the school aspect of my time in France. If any students read this, please realize how spoiled we are with the American school system!
Now that I am back in NY, I've had to re-adjust to the way things used to be. I'm back to having a syllabus and a textbook to read/study regularly. It feels like more work than it used to be, but only because I did so little work while abroad.


2)TIME-MANAGEMENT
Since I completely shut myself off from school, I had hours of free time, to explore Paris and enjoy myself. Now that I'm back to regular schooling, I struggle to manage my time, since for 6 months, I simply didn't need to (notice, this blog is being written at 11pm on Feb 16th =] ). I'm already backed up with my readings...


3)LIVING SITUATION
In Paris I lived in my own apartment, and now am back to living at home with my family. Its odd to go BACKWARDS and suddenly become LESS independent.

4)RELATIONSHIPS
When leaving NY, I did not work hard enough to keep in touch with my friends. There was just too much going on in Paris. New people, new things. Now that I've returned, I am distant from the people who used to be my friends. On the other side, I also need to find room in my old NY life for the new friends I made in Paris (some of which are back in NY, while others remain in Paris.)

And a blog was born

Hello and welcome to my millions of readers.

I am a Junior at Baruch College, majoring in Economics, with minors in French and Marketing.

I have lived in New York for the past 6 years, and in far too many countries before that (England, France, Israel, Switzerland, and Denmark.)

2 weeks ago I came back to New York after spending the semester studying in Paris. The experience has been both odd and amazing. I'm still adjusting to being back in New York.

My interests/hobbies include traveling, the environment, design, reading, talking, and photography.

That's all for now =)