2020 has definitely been one crazy year. Each day is a new experience and some days are high some are low. There has been a few things that have got me this far into the pandemic. One being my family. I live at home with my mom and dad, but my brother and sister both don’t live far from my house. During quarantine, we have family dinners where we make a “theme” and dress up as the theme. It is a good way to push ourselves to get to the day of our family dinner because we know it will be fun. Another thing that has helped me through this pandemic is working out. I have always loved working out but since gyms closed, I really struggled finding motivation to workout at home. I pushed myself to do better, and find techniques that I like for at home workouts and it really helps clear my mind.
Being a student in 2020 has been very different. I went into my Freshman year August of 2019, therefor I fid not even get the chance to finish my freshman year of college without the pandemic getting in the way. I was away at Syracuse University as a Freshman and with the virus and everything else going on, I decided to not go back. As I transferred to University at Buffalo, it has been an odd transition. Although I live in buffalo, I have never been on UB’s campus. All of my classes are online and it is very weird to be sitting in my room on a zoom, instead of walking to a class. Then I think, I wouldn’t even know where this class was on campus if I was in person!!
My biggest takeaway from this semester was to stay on top of things. With my classes all being online, it was very easy for me to get distracted. I made a set schedule each week and tried to get all my assignments done by a certain day, so come the end of the week I did not have as much to worry about or forget about.
Reflecting back on 2020, I learned much more about myself than ever. I learned how to become independent, I learned to never take something for granted because It is a crazy world we live in, and to just be a kind person to everyone because you never know what somebody is going through. I took each of these lessons I learned and really applied them and I have come to find that I have had a clearer mindset and really care and respect for the people around me.
On the other hand, as a community, I have realized that many people during this time have become quite miserable. I feel like people are not as friendly as they once were and everyone just is in their own little world not really giving a care.
With everything I have learned during this pandemic, each day, I will take a new lesson learned and apply it for the best. Everybody has a different view, and things to get them through difficult, uncertain times like these.
