It’s been over a month since coronacation started, and life has…..really taken a turn from there. In fact, it’s been quite far from the fun break I imagined it would be when we first got the announcement that school would be off for three weeks.

 

 Here are the top 5 struggles I’ve been having over quarantine!

 

Lack of motivation

  As someone struggling with chronic procrastination, the panic of having a due date and having to cram for tests the next day was basically my only incentive to do work. Now, with the softer deadlines and open-note tests, it’s much, much more difficult to sit down and finish my homework quickly (especially when TikTok is so much more interesting than school :/). Also, since there isn’t the same pressure to rush through assignments quickly, I spend an inordinate amount of time perfecting unnecessary details, which, along with my attention span of 5 minutes, results in everything take 10xs longer than it should. Being perfectionistic and a procrastinator makes me dread doing homework like nothing else.

 

Lack of structure

This kind of goes along with my last point, but with no school and no after school activities, my life has sort of fallen out of order. Up until about two weeks ago, I was sleeping at 5 am every day (until I finally decided to pull an all-nighter to fix my sleep schedule). But since it’s basically impossible to convince myself to think of a schedule and stick to it, my life has slowly fallen back into the mess it was, and I am now half nocturnal again. Also, since I can never get my work done in the time I allot for it, I never have a set time to relax either, so my days have morphed into a lazy blob during which I spend all my hours watching Youtube and half doing my assignments (would not recommend, multitasking is not fun). 

 

College things!

Since we’re basically out of school now, college is the next big step in our lives, and quarantine has provided lots of free time to think (and stress) about this! College has always been something I’ve dreaded thinking about for various different reasons, but as summer’s approaching, I’ve had to actually start college research and look at student loans, which is never super fun. Also, meeting new people from my uni’s social media pages is kind of scary and tiring!! (especially considering how rusty my social skills are from not seeing people for over a month). 

 

 

 

Boredom

While I have found enough hobbies to fill up my time with (and most of the time I’m too busy catching up on homework anyway), the monotony of staying at home really hits hard sometimes. I feel like part of the reason why I find it so hard to keep a schedule is because of the static repetition, even if it does make me more productive. Even going to school, despite how much I complain about it, provides some sort of novelty to look forward to every day. 

 

Missing friends

Lastly, but not least, I miss seeing all my friends so much; I feel like I haven’t laughed as hard as I did with them in a long time and I need that back in my life. Hope I get to see them all again when this is over!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!