“Summer didn’t feel like summer because nothing really changed except for the fact that I wasn’t doing schoolwork all day, but it wasn’t the break I needed. It was not the stress-free summer I usually have – how could it be, I was starting to apply to college and things quickly turned downhill for my family.”
” I have been through pain, happiness, stress, excitement, and sadness through this taxing quarantine. In the end, I have learned the valuable life lesson that everything happens for a reason. I will not always get what I want, but I can learn from the journey and emotions that I am currently experiencing and use it to form my future self.”
“…Lahat maayos na naka pag board sa Barko hanggang may isang family na symptomatic. […] Sineserved lahat mula sa tubig hanggang pagkaen namin sa mga rooms namin. Ngayon naka 12 days on isolation na kame at makaka uwe na sa mga pamilya namin…”
“בלי איסורי מצפון, לא ידעתי מה השעה, איזה יום אני חי ואלה תחושות שלעולם לא הרגשתי…גם השתפרו היחסים שלי עם משפחתי”
“Another fascinating personal revelation I’ve had during quarantine surrounds my lack of hobbies. […] I am slightly saddened that I can’t take an interest in books, piano, or other hobbies I used to have like I did when I was a kid. There are also lots of new skills I am eager to learn such as skateboarding but I can’t find the energy to go out and get started and even when I do it’s inconsistent and half-hearted at best. I don’t know if this stems from exhaustion so much as a fear of failure I feel is much more present in my generation surrounding new things even at the young age of 20…”
“I read recently that during this Pandemic we have all been in the same storm but not necessarily in the same boat. For this reason I quickly realized that I needed to give space to each person in whatever place they found themselves in. The Bible says, ‘My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, because human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires.’…”
“作为姓名母亲，家里还有一个两岁多的娃，因为疫情老人没法过来帮忙，又做主播又做主妇的日子可想而知！”
“抑郁症复发了，因为在家隔离不与人接触。[…] 还得保持学习，却没办法集中精力，压力很大。[…] 但昨天开始吃药调整了，希望一切都好起来。”
“Have been taking shelter at home since Jan 2020. Can’t travel to US or any other country.”
Life in Quarantine: Witnessing Global Pandemic is an initiative sponsored by the Poetic Media Lab and the Center for Spatial and Textual Analysis at Stanford University.
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