During quarantine my whole life was flipped upside down. I remember it so vividly everyday the same thing after the other never leaving the house. I used to sit with my family and watch the news watching the covid cases go higher and higher. Although for most kids my age it was harder going through covid but i struggled so much to readjust. Entering high school, moving schools, moving houses, and getting a fresh start.

I caught covid at the beginning of 2021, stuck in a room for 2 weeks just with my mom and my brother. We had to make scheduled bathroom runs so we wouldn’t run into anyone and risk them getting sick. I recall so many facetime calls from inside that room to family members inside and outside of the house concerned and offering help. They let us know that they were there if we needed anything. But at that time i really needed just to get out of that room. My grandma had to bring food and water to the door. That was one of the hardest 2 weeks of my life. The isolation was eating me alive.

After quarantine i was scared to go outside. What would happen if i ran into someone with covid and brought it home to my family. I was overly cautious about everything. Constant showers and hand washing. I learned to live with the necessary precautions because that was keeping us alive and safe. However even though covid cases went down, more people are vaccinated, and I am aware of everything apparently being safe now. I have to learn to be okay with being without my mask and worrying less about the pandemic and more about returning to a normal life. A life before covid but i still don’t feel entirely comfortable with it because covid is still out there. I am thankful for my family being safe and vaccinated

The quarantine not only affected my readjustment to life outside of quarantine and returning to a normal but also having to learn to socialize against. I lost so many people over covid mostly friends that i failed to stay in contact wit over the pandemic. So i was mostly alone having to figure everything out again. With the help of some of the covid anxiety. After a while i finally started to accept the adjustments and I am doing well socially. I started my new school, lived a full year in my new apartment and have finally started my happy and “normal” life again. Covid had one of the greatest impacts on my life because of the intense change in circumstance. However thanks to covid I have become more aware of everything and everyone around me. Also learning to enjoy every moment because everything could change in a matter of seconds.