How the corona virus has affected me

Who would have thought this time last year that we would be in quarantine or isolation and everything in our life would-be put-on pause except for essentials? Historically, pandemics have forced humans to break with the past and imagine their world reborn. Who would have thought that 2020 who be such a dreadful year starting with the Australian fires, amazon burning, and then the death of our beloved basketball player Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gigi, to this global pandemic infecting millions of people and killing thousands of people? Who knows it could just be the beginning of the end…

During this lock down things that I used to spend my days doing – going out with friends, going to school and to the gym , just vanished from me in a matter of a few weeks and it showed me how much I took a lot of things for granted in my life and now just looking back I realized most of these activities I did were time consuming and not even that important anyway.They were more for entertainment. This virus affected a lot of my relatives really badly but as for my family my mother is still fortunate to still have her job and work from home, going to the office once a week. My family has been coping by having a few family activities during the week like a walk around the neighborhood or playing ball outside in the garden. We usually have family movie time after dinner, or we watch America’s Got Talent or the Voice. Adapting to online school at first was a bit weird and not easy to follow but after some time I got the hang of it. I noticed that during this virus a lot of courses on the internet are now free and a lot of people are taking that to their advantage and trying to build a better person out of them from these online courses provided on zoom or any other platforms.

In conclusion, the virus has brought out the best and worse side of me and it gave me time to think about myself and grow as a person. It also showed me that most of the things I did before quarantine were irrelevant and didn’t benefit me in any way, but I finally found somethings I enjoy doing in this quarantine. I started focusing a lot on working out and building my arm strength which will benefit me a lot in rowing, I finished my yearly books to read list in a month which is the most I’ve ever read in a short amount of time. But I have been lazier than usual staying in bed until 2pm on some days and going on social media first before doing something productive. I plan on working on my daily habits and helping myself grow more as a person and I hope soon enough will write a book during my free time. Bye Stay Safe and Remember to Wash Your Hands!!