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<\/p>\nAs of writing this, it’s been:<\/p>\n
27 days since I last saw MSA<\/p>\n
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23 days since I vacationed in Florida for spring break![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/yuh-300x239.jpg\")
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20 days since I’ve hung out with friends<\/p>\n
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14 days since I’ve began self quarantining<\/p>\n
For this week’s blog, I want to talk about how the past few weeks have effected me mentally. I know that everyone is kinda going through it right now, so I wanted to put my own thoughts out there just to let you know I’m going through it as well and you’re not alone.<\/p>\n
I’m been trying to distract myself with some sort of technology or doing schoolwork, but ultimately, I’m just bored. And I’m bored, I have no choice but to just think. I end up thinking about the friends and family that I haven’t seen or heard from in awhile. I think about all that’s happening on the news. I think about all the things that I’ve wanted to get done at home and now that I have the free time to do them, I’m unmotivated.<\/p>\n
This time alone with my thoughts as made me realize that I take a lot for granted. Mainly, I take MSA and my friends for granted. I have actually never wished that I was at home or back at my old school while at MSA, but now that I’m stuck at home, I’ve realized that I’ve taken a lot of my independence and the resources of MSA for granted.<\/p>\n
I also have become unmotivated. There are days that I wake up and just want to lay in bed and stare at the ceiling all day until the sunsets. I know that this isn’t a healthy mindset, but a lot of boosts in my mental health have come from seeing friends and hanging out with them.<\/p>\n
Sure, we still FaceTime and play games online together, but it’s not the same.<\/p>\n
But of course, now that I’ve spend enough time alone and away from the rest of the world, I’ve begun finding other things that make me feel better.<\/p>\n
Things I’ve begun doing in quarantine to keep me busy:<\/p>\n
I hope that you all are also finding new ways to keep yourselves entertained. We’ll make it out of this soon! I miss and love you all!<\/p>\n
– Addison<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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