“Before this confinement began, I was in this state of study-holism – studying tremendously for the midterms to get the final GPA I had set my mind to get. I was doing pretty well, revising day-by-day, but at the same time there were a lot of elements in my daily life that were bothering me, and I didn’t know how I was supposed to react to those. I was hoping to find a way to take a break from all of those perturbing elements, the stress of midterms and college… from the general pandemonium of daily routine that sometimes prevents you from even spending time with your parents.
Then… this quarantine began and from here, I took a well-deserved break. The first week or two, I thought that maybe the midterms will still be done so I was trying to keep on studying, although I was honestly completely fed up.
Meanwhile, I began focusing more on physical activity. I’m feeling super relaxed nowadays; being able to manage my time more effectively, taking better care of my grandmother after a long period of not doing so, exercising more frequently and more intensively, shedding some mass, being mindful of what and how large my food intake is… so from that perspective, my days are going pretty well.
Furthermore, I’ve had several new ideas I had never previously thought of; maybe enroll in a dance class? That would be nice. I’m basically sorting out my interests, classifying them into what I really like and what I don’t like.
I’m also happy with online courses because I no longer have to wake up super early to arrive to university on time and spend whole days of classes, to go through another long trip to get back home afterwards. I can now wake up 10 minutes before class!
In the end, I realized I am doing a lot of things I never thought I could do in the first place.” – Christelle Saleh, March 28th.
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