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Collected Item: “HIST30060: Enthusiastic Journal Entry”

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HIST30060: Enthusiastic Journal Entry

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Photograph of a Journal Entry

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This is a photograph from my first journal entry after lockdown began. It shows what I think was a fairly common welcomed feeling to the lockdown, before we knew how serious things would get. I recall being excited to have some time to focus on writing and exercise without the distractions of work. How quickly those feelings changed...

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Sam (Myself)

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2020-04-04
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