Posts by Garry
What I gained during quarantine is strength.
What I gained during quarantine is strength. Before the Coronavirus, I could do no more than 2 pullups. I realized this flaw and decided to work little by little on pullups every single day until I could do at least 15 in a row. It only took me a few months to reach my goal…
Read MoreA Full Year of Sports
The events that I have missed most during lockdown were an entire year of sports, which used to take up a considerable part of my life in which I invested much of my energy into. Throughout the year, the absence of sports in my life created an overwhelming gap that I did not know how…
Read MoreLuckily I haven’t lost much but my grandparents moved away.
I wouldn’t want all these people to die and people to lose things like money and family members. I haven’t lost much but my grandparents moved away. In the start of the pandemic they lived in Manhattan Beach, I am really close to them and my mom and I would visit them often. I was…
Read MoreI have discovered many new things about myself including, spending more time with the family, time to draw and swim, and becoming more comfortable with virtual learning.
Even though I have lost many things because of the pandemic, I have also found many benefits. First, I have found time to draw and swim. I have been swimming three times a week for 1 hour. Since school finishes earlier, I have had time to swim and draw more since I am at home.…
Read MoreI have also found from the losses.
I’ve seen things that can get me through this time, such as my chipotle chips and burrito bowl or my enjoyment while playing volleyball, which I would not have played if our lives were what we considered normal. I have made sure that even though school is difficult, that is no reason for time to…
Read Morethe ability to be social, participate in sports, attend in person school, physical activity, go surfing/ the beach, and my friends became more distant
During the early stages of COVID-19 I had no idea what I was going to do with everything closing down. Everything I would normally do outside of my house became unavailable. Some of the things that I lost in the over a year of COVID-19 include the ability to be social, participate in sports, attend…
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