I was recently in quarantine and I’m not going to lie, it was long. The week went by like two and I’ve lost track of days. I felt like I was reliving the same day over and over again. But one of my best friends gave me the best advice, he said to try to accomplish something every day. Today my goal was to write my article. I started to think about all the things that I have learned about myself and my life over the last couple of days. I had a lot of time to think about this and there’s only so many Law and Order: SUV episodes I can watch in a day, so I decided to write them down.
I have the best friends. I know everyone says that about their own friends, but mine are amazing. I appreciate them so much more after these last couple of days. Since I’ve been quarantined they check on me every day, they answer my calls even when it’s just to tell them I’m really, really bored. If I ever needed something they will drop it off right outside my door. The number of people who have offered to get my groceries for me and drop them off was amazing. I am very, very grateful that I am surrounded by the most amazing and genuine people in the world and I could not thank them enough.
If I don’t have a goal, I’m not motivated. I have been so unmotivated this whole time. It’s crazy. I used to be non-stop all the time. I was always doing something. Now, all of a sudden everything stopped and I don’t know what to do with myself. I’ll push off my work because I tell myself I have plenty of time to do it and that I’m going to focus even more on my courses. I have not done any of that. I will procrastinate, watch Netflix, and paint, but I will not do my work- because I think I have all day! I think setting a goal for myself each day will help me feel like I am accomplishing something and hopefully I’ll feel busy again. I like being busy. It’s weird not having anything to do.
When in doubt, family is always there. The minute I told my mom I was in quarantine she made enough food to last me probably a month. My dad drove from CT to give it to me. I don’t think there are enough words to express how thankful and lucky I am to have them.
Appreciate everything around you. I don’t think any of us imagined that at some point in college this would happen. Honestly, after 14 days I am going to have so much appreciation for everything in my life. I’m lucky I didn’t get sick. After this time to myself, I am definitely going to be more cautious and practice social distancing more so I don’t get sick. I’m very grateful for the people I surround myself with and I don’t want to feel isolated from them again. I also feel like I’ll have a new perspective on the pandemic after having people close to me become sick and then going through quarantine myself. It’s definitely something I never thought I would experience.
I loved learning new things about myself but I will not miss being in quarantine. If you do end up in quarantine, reflect and try to learn new things about yourself. It was cool to discover things about myself I didn’t know before. You would think no one would know you better than you know yourself but sometimes with everything going on around us we actually don’t focus on ourselves a lot. However, I don’t suggest waiting until you are in quarantine to do it. Please stay safe, practice social distancing, and try to stay out of quarantine.
