My life went from 100 to 0 real quick. Freshmen year of college has been a joke. A really fun joke, but still a joke. Out of my whole freshmen year, I spent 7 weeks in real college. I'm not complaining trust me, but it is weird and low key sad.
I started the year living in London with over 300 people who I didn't know, living in a dorm that was 80% guys. My friends in I went to a different country every weekend, our local pub every night, & studied for macroeconomics every once in a while. After a two week Christmas break, I finally moved into my dorm in Boston. The seven weeks I spent at Northeastern were definitely very different from London, but I still loved it. Now, I am currently on day 8 of quarantine thanks to the Coronavirus, living on a island in Maine with only my parents and my dog to talk to. My once a week Zoom class for Intro to Business is basically the most exciting thing in my life right now.
There are different phases of "social distancing."
Phase one: "Now I have time to do everything I wanted to"
Phase two: "I am so f**king bored"
Phase three: self-realization
Phase one is more of the honeymoon stage of quarantine. You make big plans of things you're going to get done and stuff your going to do. But are you really going to do these things?? Probably not.
Phase two is where I am currently at. I know from past experience that this phase will come and go, but when you're in it, it really f**cking sucks. This phase is the transformation phase. If you're a college student, than you're used to working all the time and when you're not working, you're either napping or with you're friends. Now, all you have is napping.
Phase three is my personal favorite. After you get past the boredom, you start realizing things about yourself. You become more centered, and you realize what's important to you in life, making you ultimately more grateful. Some things like yoga, being outside, and meditation can speed up the processes, but it will come eventually.
From this year I have learned one thing: adjusting. I haven't lived in a place for more than 4 months for over a year. Making new friends, hanging out with olds, and just being by myself have become way more easier than it used to be for me. All I am saying is that maybe this whole quarantine thing will be good for all of us.
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