After having finished 2/3 of my first year of studying in Maastricht I cannot help but think: “Where did the time go?” These months were the fastest ones of my entire life.
Not only did I get to know as many new people as never before, but I also reconsidered most of my habits and environment. All these changes like moving to a new country, starting to live on my own, moving twice in 6 months (one time from Munich to Maastricht and once within Maastricht) seem to have accelerated my life. But also the connections with my friends in Germany have changed, mostly loosened.
All in all, much of the stability and the constant factors in my live are gone. I am not entirely sure which of the things I lost were old ballast and which I should have sticked to. And I expect this development to prevail or even to get stronger.
Next year I will go abroad, then come back, then start my master somewhere else…I guess, one has to get his priorities and the few people who really matter straight, and put a lot of effort into staying close with them if one does not want ot get lost in this speed-up process.