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  2020-03-25

  Staying Home Does Not Equal Staying Healthy

  At college, I was taking a cycling class, going to yoga club twice a week, and walking at least four miles a day on a big campus. Now I’m home in a Brooklyn apartment and staying healthy is not an easy feat, not to mention the pandemic we’re currently living through means we can’t go outside unless we absolutely have to. In an effort to stay physically, mentally, and emotionally healthy in the hectic, uncertain time, I’ve developed a routine for myself to have something constant. There’s so much we can’t control right, we have to just get through it, but we can’t let ourselves deteriorate because then we’re in no condition to fight the virus and to rebuild society.
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  April 10, 2020

  Finding New Hobbies And Picking Up Old Ones

  The first week of quarantine was a time for relaxation and enjoying being home, but that quickly turned into restlessness and boredom. There’s only so many Netflix shows and movies to binge-watch. Now is the perfect time to develop new hobbies and get back into old ones. Now I find myself crafting for the first time since high school since, as a college student, I all of my time goes to classes, papers, and friends. We have to do the best with what we have, who knows the next time you’ll have some quality time to yourself when this is all over?
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  April 13, 2020

  Virtual Classes

  Just a month ago, I was living on campus waiting for spring break to come to a close and for classes to start back up. Now I’m back home and all my classes are online. There’s no classroom, library, or campus to walk around in, just my desk to do work from and my bedroom to separate myself from my family who also find themselves home with a whole new routine.
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  2020-03-31

  Limited Supplies

  I live in Brooklyn, NY, one of the “hot zones” for the coronavirus right now, and necessities like toilet paper and baby wipes are extremely hard to find. My grandfather had to send us a package, from Florida, with toilet paper, gloves, and baby wipes for my three year old sister, who needs them out of necessity.