COVID-19, Coronavirus, Lockdown, Deaths, Quarantine, Self-isolation…these are all the common keywords I have been hearing for the past one month. This tragedy of COVID-19 has impacted my daily life as well as the lives of many others. Due to this, I have been staying at home or quarantining since Wednesday 18th March 2020.
In this article, I wanted to share the positives (hard to find) and the negatives of this pandemic and how it has changed my one month of staying at home. This is just my own experience of what happened to me and feel free to comment below if you have been quarantining and your experience. I have also left some sources of any information, all information correct as of 18th April 2020, and please don’t take my word for anything. So here I shall get started.
This is my first article of the four articles I will be posting about my one-month quarantine experience so stay tuned for the other three :).
My School Closed and My Exams Were Cancelled
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Tuesday 17th March 2020 was my last day in school. I received the letter that my school would partially close on my last lesson which was Drama. I was truly shocked and all my classmates were shrieking. This news was upsetting as I never thought in a million years that my school would be closed due to an invisible virus, but I knew that I had more time to spend time on myself and quarantining would help reduce the spread of the virus for everyone. I was also supposed to have my GCSE Biology Paper 2 Mock the next day, which I could not do the next day. On Friday 20th March, my school was shut fully as well as many other schools.
I Started Home Learning/Online School At Home And I Struggled To Find Things To Do At Home
With this new situation, I initially struggled to find a routine for myself. However, I soon got back to work at home as my teachers were setting me tasks to do through Google Classroom. I started waking up at the same time I would wake up for school and just followed my normal school timetable by following the same lessons I would have on that day in school. I also had breaks in between and this helped me to get my work done. After that, I adapted to this online school. I then tried finding things to do at home and I found many activities for myself to do to make productive use of my time which I will talk about later.
The Last Time I Stepped Out of My House
The last time I stepped out of my house was on Friday 20th March 2020, where I went outside before the UK lockdown and that was right outside my house. I took some pictures with my sister for my GCSE Photography. After that, I have not stepped out of my house.
My Substitute For Going Out
With this new experience of being told to stay at home, I did sometimes have the urge to go out but I did not. I found my substitution to enjoy the new sunny weather from looking outside through my brother’s large window. I could still feel the fresh air.
I Started Appreciating More Time At Home
As an adventurous, outgoing person, this was difficult in the beginning but then, talking to my beloved family members, learning more skills and setting myself goals to have a more positive mindset really helped me think about myself. It taught me to be more considerate together for those who are suffering from this terrible virus. The unity that this world is having right now is quite remarkable and I can see that from the comfort of my home.
This was the first out of the four articles I will be posting about my quarantine experience. All my thoughts go to those who have loved ones who are suffering from this horrible disease or who have contracted COVID-19 themselves. Please stay at home if you are advised to do so and only go out if it is necessary. Pray to God and take care of yourself and your family and stay happy and healthy :). Check out my other articles:
Thank you for reading, and have a lovely day!