The coronavirus pandemic has completely thrown off the way of life for many people, including me. UNC and most other universities around the country have shut down for the remainder of the school year. I am actually quite upset about this because it is my senior year and I wanted to finish the semester on campus with my friends and get the normal college experience one last time. The ending was so abrupt and surprising that I did not get to say goodbye to a lot of people that I may never see again. However, I am grateful that we can continue to do classes online and I can graduate this spring, even though online classes are not ideal. I was also on the club swim team and these year’s college club swim nationals were cancelled due to coronavirus. To be honest this upset as much as UNC closing did, I love swimming and I wanted to have one more swim meet in my career before I stop, but I won’t get that chance. However, I’m happy that I have swum since I was 7 and made many great friends and had many great experiences.
Adjusting to having classes online has been a struggle to say the least. It is very hard for me to focus on schoolwork when I am home with my parents. At UNC I could go to the library or study with others to keep my motivated/focused, however there is nobody at home to make me do my work, so it is hard to force myself to study. I was also used to the routine I had at school, I had the same cycle of homework and quizzes every week. However, now since we are doing online classes everything has been changed around and I have to be careful to check due dates often, since they have all changed. The workload has also increased since we missed a week of school due to the virus. The hardest thing about adjusting to online classes has been the lack of in-person lectures. Only some of my teachers are doing classes through Zoom, the rest have assigned readings in place of lectures. This is hard for me because I am a visual learner, reading does not really help me much. However, there are only 4 weeks left of classes and I know I can hold on until then.
Since all of the gyms and swimming pools have been shut down, it has been really hard for me to get any exercise. I am basically limited to running, yoga and the small weights I have in my house. I do not enjoy running so it has been hard for me to get back into exercising since UNC closed. While UNC was open I was swimming almost every day and going to the gym 3 times a week. I will have to find a new routine for exercise using the recourses I have at my disposal. Overall, I would say that I am in still in great spirits, while the situation caused by the virus is not ideal, it could be a lot worse. I am a pretty positive person and I am not going to let this faze me. If anything, this whole ordeal has made me appreciate the routine of daily living a lot more.
These are some of the funniest memes I’ve seen about the coronavirus pandemic:
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