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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.
I’m at the airport waiting to go to Hawaii. We just got our pre-clear wristbands that confirm we are vaccinated & symptom free. It feels strange to be around so many people at the airport. Today will definitely the longest I’ve been indoors and masked. I feel nervous about traveling with the delta variant. I don’t know if I would’ve booked this trip if cases had been as high as they are when we made arrangements. I guess we could’ve rescheduled, but travel plans have quite a lot of momentum & it’s hard to dial things back. We are just wearing our masks, crossing our fingers, and hoping no one in our group gets sick.
August 10, 2021
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Do you feel like your life is going well right now? Has the pandemic changed this? If so, tell us about it.
My life is going actually better than it was before the pandemic, surprisingly; well, at least professionally speaking. I got laid off after the end of my maternity leave and I managed to get an overall much better job than the one I had before (better salary, working conditions, benefits, schedule, etc.), so that's definitely a huge plus. In other areas of my life, I feel like my relationship with my partner has also been strengthened by the hardship we've suffered in the past year, and I cannot express how grateful I am for that. The past year has also made me reflect on my life in general and how I can come more into myself. In other words, I've been doing some soul-searching on what I can do concretely to live the values I believe in and implement changes in my life. That's meant doing some thinking about boundaries and how to convey them to the people around me. Overall, it's been a challenging year, but it brought some positive changes to my life.
June 1, 2021