Category: Virtual Coffeehouse (Page 5 of 8)

While being quarantined, I feel a main issue I’ve been having is getting lazy and procrastinating. Being home, makes it very easy to do that. It has also messed up my sleep schedule. I go to sleep very late and wake up very late. Quarantine has definitely made my routine a bit strange. But, in order to fix this I have really been trying to wake up early and get all my work done. So this way, I can do whatever I want later in the day. Pretty much, I made a routine for myself and have been trying to stick to it. I try my best to wake up at nine and than I have breakfast, after breakfast I do however much school work I can, After that, I workout and then I take a shower, eat lunch, study and than the rest of the day I do whatever ,such as watch Netflix, bake, do any errands or watch YouTube videos about investing into stocks since this is a new hobby I picked up. I am still learning but my goal is to get the hang of it hopefully. But, it is definitely a challenge trying to follow this routine daily. I am trying my best though.

A problem that has recently occurred was the scheduling of my day. With quarantining, the time and day doesn’t even seem to matter at this point, but I want to change that. I want to make my days useful and productive. I want to learn new things and do new things. I can solve this problem by making a list for the day. Checking it off when it’s complete. I can simply google some new things to do that can be done at home and put my phone to good use instead of just being on social media or watching shows/movies all the time. I think during times like this, it’s a good way for our imagination and creativity to kick in. Pinterest is also a good app to use to learn and do fun things just incase anyone is curious. Pretty sure everyone has heard of it but if you haven’t, it’s a free app where you just create an account real quick as any other apps makes you do. If anyone as any suggestions or recommendations of any sort, I would love to hear it.

One problem recently occurred is our pets (two turtles and some goldfish) don’t have enough food. It is because we forgot to buy them new feed before the store closed. Now there are only half a box of fish food and turtle feed left. Considering the lack of food, now they eat half as much feed as they used to. One day, we tried to feed the fish some vegetables, and the results were surprising – they ate them. After that, we feed them fish food one day, and feed vegetables the other day. Similarly, we also tried to feed fruit and vegetables to the turtles and got the same results as the goldfish. We are all happy that the matter has been settled. I feel satisfied every time I hear the sound of the goldfish biting vegetables. Every time I take a banana bear the turtles, they will take the initiative to climb over to eat. 

While being quarantined you have a lot of time on your hands to do things within your house but for the last two weeks I haven’t really done anything different before everything shut down I was going to the gym and now since it’s closed I brought the gym to my house. I have a pull up bar that I use,  I also have a medicine ball that I could use to workout my legs. I enjoy working out because it could put you in a better mode and with being home all day with nothing to do that could put a dent in your mood staying home every single day. 

     Something else that I’ve been doing is listening to new music that has been releasing one main album that I really been listening to is Tory Lanez’s album The New Toronto 3. I enjoy listening to Tory he’s very divers with his songs he could always switch it up he goes from reggae, rap, trap, and even has a spanish song. I feel his music could put you in all types of moods which I like because the music is giving you a feeling which to me means you’re enjoying it. Hopefully within the next two more weeks I have a new activity to take my mind off the next month of quarantine. 

This past month or few weeks has been really hard on my mental health and physical health. With school being more challenging and me having a hard time keeping up I just have no choice but to sit and wait for this virus to die out. I try to keep up and do as many assignments as I can. The one positive thing I can say is that I am spending more time with my family then I ever did before quarantine. One thing that really is helping me with this whole situation is social media

Popular apps such as Snapchat, TikTok , and instagram help me connect with friends and stay in touch with them. It’s good to know that many people my age are all trying to make the best of this situation  considering all you hear on the news is numbers of cases and deaths rising.

During the past two weeks it has been one of the scariest experiences I ever had in my life. I’ve lost so many people in my life due to the new disease COVID-19. During the past two weeks me and my father have been very sick. As the days went on I became better but, who worried me was my father as each day he was becoming more sicker than what he was. I feared that he could have had Corona Virus. It’s was so  hard to see someone that has been part of my life healthy and strong then, become weaker and weaker one day. My worst fear that moment was to loose my father. Never in my life have I had a conversation with one of my parents of what to do after one of them passes away. I always thought  that we were going to have it later on but, that conversation came too soon for me and my siblings. Now he is doing so much better and the fear that I felt has passed away. It was one of the scariest experiences I had in my life as other people in my family did not survive the virus roaming us.

It was Monday morning I received a call the lady that took care of me and my sister when I was younger had passed away. I considered her as my second mom ever since that call. I’ve been receiving more and more calls of other people that were once part of my life has passed away. I haven’t been emotionally stable at this point I wonder who else is going to die next. I lost my boss, the person who helped me a lot throughout high school. I lost the baby that I used to babysit when I was in high school. I lost my cousin, my aunt, my great grandmother and just recently yesterday I lost my neighbor. It’s hard to see them go these people where so important to me and it makes me sad that we can’t do a proper funeral and say goodbye. It has affected me a lot. In memory of the people that I’ve lost I have started planting flowers and named each and one of them in their memory.

During this lockdown, I have been listening to music more than I usually do. I listen to a lot of songs, but there is ONE. If you are wondering which song I am talking about, the answer is simple. ONE. One is a song by an American band “Metallica.” I have never been into their kind of music, until I gave it a try. I am sure the song does not relate much to the current world situation, but it is an everyday issue that bothers many service men, and women in the military. The song is about a service personnel who was injured in battle. He lost his limbs, his eyesight, his hearing, his ability to speak, and was just being kept alive by machines. 

The soldier expresses an intense desire to be freed from this misery by asking the doctors to kill him. The loneliness is unbearable to him, since he cannot do anything at all. It is what most of our veterans go through after they leave service. The loneliness can also be connected to what most people feel now due to the pandemic. As unemployment increases, more and more people are panicking, and getting frustrated. There is always a bright side to any situation. We can dwell on the negative, or make good use of the positive.   

Ever since the outbreak, it seems that it’s getting worse day by day. People are out of jobs, filing for unemployment is at an all time high, kids are out of school (etc.). It definitely sucks having to stay home for so long. I like being outside and hanging out with friends. It’s just something I’m going to have to adjust to for a while.

During these past two weeks, I’ve been spending more time with my family. We usually don’t get to spend a lot of time together due to work and education. However, since we’re stuck here together it’s not like we have a choice. I’ve also been watching movies and new television shows to occupy my time.

The outbreak of the Corona virus has made many people’s lives much harder. People can not attend work or school or even do stuff such as going to the gym. This is a very hard time for everyone and no one even knows when we will be able to go out again. Also, I am a much more productive person when I am not home. I have never liked associating my school life and home life. But unfortunately, now I have to. Even though this is a hard time, I have been trying to make the most of it.

It is very easy to get lazy at home and also be glued to my phone. So, I made my own workout routine and also a diet plan. I try my best to follow this every day. I have also been trying to learn how to cook and bake. Before quarantine, I didn’t have the time to do these things because of school and work. Now, I am using all this time to my advantage. I feel I am also ahead of all my school work since I have a lot of time to do it.

Many people aren’t working for safety reasons. Especially when other people are getting sick due to the corona virus. Even though people may feel like their their nothing to do or they tried of doing the same stuff over and over. But for the last two week I have been  enjoying work. Yes, I still work while all of this is happen but it gives me a opportunity to get out of the house when others can’t.

Also, during the past two week I’ve been having more time to watch so many childhood movies which I do enjoy. Due to staying home and not doing nothing can get bored some time so watching so many movies keeps my mind off this corona virus situation. It gives me more time to myself and I love it.