Item
Early Retirement Reflection
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Title (Dublin Core)
Early Retirement Reflection
Disclaimer (Dublin Core)
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Description (Dublin Core)
While I am grateful and privileged enough to have quarantined at home with my family, it was certainly frustrating. Once I had conquered my first taste of online learning all I had ahead of me was an uncertain and potentially endless summer. As someone who is a high-risk individual, I didn't feel comfortable going back to my summer job in retail immediately. Thankfully, both of my parents were able to continue to work and I was able to stay home. Being able to stay home for the summer and relax in my hammock most days was unsettlingly different than how others experienced this past summer. I regret not better using my free time to help those that lost jobs and housing and support, while I still had mine. Shockingly the gleam of my extended vacation wore off pretty quickly with my parents. When my parents finally got fed up with me drinking an afternoon coffee in my backyard every day they told me I had better find something productive to keep busy. After sending an unbelievable amount of e-mails and a couple of phone calls with some busy executives I landed an under-the-table research internship. The only issue? Not being able to research through their physical archives. Go figure. While my research wasn't extensive it did keep me fairly busy for my remaining time at home. My early retirement this past summer was a substantial setback in accordance with my previous plans, but it was thoroughly enjoyable.
Date (Dublin Core)
February 18, 2021
Creator (Dublin Core)
Sarah Murray
Contributor (Dublin Core)
Sarah Murray
Event Identifier (Dublin Core)
HI363
Partner (Dublin Core)
Saint Anselm College
Type (Dublin Core)
text story
Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)
English
Economy
English
Home & Family Life
English
Recreation & Leisure
Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)
online learning
job
high-risk individual
parent
Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)
family
summer
quarantine
internship
Collection (Dublin Core)
Humor
Linked Data (Dublin Core)
Date Submitted (Dublin Core)
02/18/2021
Date Modified (Dublin Core)
02/18/2021
03/01/2021
Date Created (Dublin Core)
02/18/2021
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This item was submitted on February 18, 2021 by Sarah Murray using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: https://covid-19archive.org/s/archive
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