what is going on


These past two weeks have been absolutely insane. It started with a nice relaxing spring break and ended with me having to switch all of my classes online, pack up and move home in 24 hours, and leave my job, friends, and university life behind. I have spent the past 2 hours trying to figure out what I have do when, what assignments were canceled and what were added, when and where I need to watch what class, when and how to take which exams. Needless to say I am very confused and very stressed out. I have no clue how the rest of this semester is going to go. I am normally a hands on face to face learner so this is going to be very challenging for me. I am also the type of person who draws their motivation from the people around them and (depending on the class) I study best in groups. All of that has been taken away and I don't really know how to proceed. I am finding it extremely helpful to keep lists of things I need to get done and a visual schedule of when things are due. I am trying my best to get everything done during the day so I can take the night to relax. This also prevents me from staying up super late which messes up my sleeping schedule.

Life has completely changed. Restaurants and stores are closed. My parents and I are all working from home. I am not allowed to hang out with friends, my town has enacted a curfew. I was on board with all of these drastic measures hoping it would allow things to get better and I would be able to be back on campus for summer 1. This is not the case and for now life is on hold until who knows when. Its hard to validate my own complaints when there are people suffering and dying from this disease. This situation however can can have a serious affect on people's mental health with out them ever even coming in contact with the virus. I have found it extremely important to keep a to do list because it is very easy to just lay around and do nothing all day. I have also tried to think of this time at home as a opportunity to explore new hobbies, work out more, and eat better. I wanted to pick a project to work on so I wasn't just all about school work. My parents are letting me makeover my room which I haven't done since middle school. I am using this as a stress reliver and as something to give my mind a break from school work.

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  1. UnknownMarch 20, 2020 at 4:37 PM

    This post is so painfully relatable. I just realized that i have been forgetting to write comments on posts and quickly scrolled to this post and as i read it I had actual tears in my eyes. Im overwhelmed.
    - madeleine perko

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