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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.
What's affected me most this week is two things. Firstly I had to do a resit for university to pass and get my degree. I found this a weird thing to do as I haven't had to do any exams for so long, also everyone else had already gotten their degrees and gotten registered as a Podiatrist so I was feeling left out. Secondly, my flatmate who had been in lock down with me since March has now gone home so it is very weird and sad without her here. I hope to go home next week, so for now I am just enjoying where I live and going on my favourite walks before I go home. However, I am nervous about going home. Will I be able to hug my parents? Or should I distant myself? When will I be able to come back to Edinburgh? these are all thoughts that I've pondered over the last couple of days. It will be so nice to be home though, so I am excited. Here is a picture of one of my favourite walks around Edinburgh.
July 6, 2020
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Has anything in your life or experience prepared you for a time like this? If so, tell us about it.
The experience that most comes to mind is my time in the Peace Corps when I lived in the mountains with a very basic life. I walked everywhere and there was not much else to do-- no restaurants, etc. I got used to spending time on my own, enjoying my own company and living a simple life. Life was precarious there so I also learned to rely on my neighbors and community. During that time I felt connected to larger processes of the world and nature-- lived through a hurricane among other things, and recognized how little we can control. A lot of that experience reminds me of these times we are living in right now. I'm definitely better able to cope because of having been in the Peace Corps.
November 17, 2020