Diary #1
The year 2020 has not been for one second what I expected. It was supposed to be a great thing,
something I had anticipated for most of my life, but it turned into a great mess. I am a part of the class of 2020.
- Senior year is the best year of all, or at least that’s what they tell you, but rather than going to prom
and walking across the stage at graduation in front of my family and friends I had to sit in my bedroom
and do school through a screen. Sure it may not seem like that big of a deal, because most kids go
through their school day wishing for it to be over, but once it actually is you realize just how much you
miss it, because if I would’ve known that March 13th was the last day I would ever go to high school I
probably would’ve cherished it a lot more. This whole experience has made me think about how much we
take for granted like going to concerts or even simple stuff like hanging out with friends. It’s hard to
imagine a world without those things until all of a sudden they go away. Now we’re all just waiting. No one
knows what to expect in life, but I think right now the whole world is on the same page which is we have
no clue what will happen next. All we can do is hope that everyone cares about getting back to “normal”
life enough that they’ll make the necessary sacrifices in order to have this virus end as quickly as
possible.
Diary #2
Quarantine is the kind of thing you hear in movies and tv shows about the apocalypse, but never expect
to see firsthand. That’s kind of what this whole experience has felt like, a horrible movie that doesn’t seem
to have an end in sight. It is the most peculiar thing when you’re walking around a store and you see that
everyone is wearing a mask. It really makes you think how did this become our new normal? It seems so
foreign, but at the same time it would feel just as weird to see people not distancing or wearing masks. It
is something that I’ve struggled to get accustomed to as I’m sure everyone else is as well, but it is slowly
becoming less scary. I currently have a collection of different masks all with different designs on them,
and that is weirdly enough something I’ve enjoyed about this experience. I try to look at it as just another
accessory or part of my outfit and that has definitely made it more fun. It has become hard to imagine
things going back to the way they were, and I’m sure even if they do it won’t be for a while. Right now I’m
attending a college that is hours away from where I’m writing this and I’m not sure when I’ll be able to
actually go to school. I’m hoping that I am able to experience college at some point, but for now I am just
going to continue working as hard as possible while at home in order to ensure that when we all get to go
back to life I am ready.
Diary #3
Music is how I have gotten through this pandemic. It is the one thing that I can always count on. I am
writing this as I’ve just found out my favorite artist is coming out with another album and that has made
me realize just how important music is to me. Music has many different emotions and without fail helps
me when I am feeling anything whether it’s good or bad. It allows you to travel into another world and all
of the struggles you face just melt away. This pandemic has been filled with stress and chaos, but music
has helped all of that get just a little bit better. It is something that is hard to put into words, but listening to
music is probably the most freeing thing you can experience. For that moment you are able to just live
and listen, and it is almost like the artist is speaking just to you. With all of the craziness going on in the
world and how unexpected everything is it is so important to be able to just relax and calm down which is
something I couldn’t have done without music. I am so grateful that I live in a time where I have access to
my music whenever and wherever I want, and I know that without it this pandemic would’ve been even
harder to get through.