The Lockdown

For almost 3 weeks, we have been in lockdown at home due to the COVID-19 pandemic. People have discovered more about themselves by staying home and taking care of themselves. As we all learned about ourselves, we also learned about life and the importance of time and people.

    I have learned that we have to value time. In our daily life, we use our phones more than we talk to people. To set an example, I was that kind of person, who won’t cooperate in a conversation and will be using my phone rather than talking with people. At the time, I didn’t really care but now I realize that we should value time, because now I just wish that I could sit with my family for at least 1 min. That I can hug my grandmother for like 2 seconds. This time we need to value, is not just for such a lockdown, but it is also for the rest of our lives. As a virus might spread in seconds, death can come in a second. We have to enjoy our time with our loved ones, because the time goes by easily and we have to value and take advantage of every second.

The second thing I have learned is that us, humans, need human interactions , no matter what happens. Me, as a person, I prefer staying at home, yet I still love going out for at least twice a week. As a statement I said two months ago, “Mama, I want to go outside of the house, all I do is to go to school and then come back and do nothing.” Now I all do is to wish that I can see people other than my siblings and my mom. I want to see the streets with people on it. Even if I love being at home, I still love to see a bright sunny day with people walking and enjoying their day.

As everybody is looking at the lockdown as a bad thing, I think otherwise. This lockdown helped everybody reflect on how their lives have been taking a turn. Due to the fact that nowadays more people are facing depression, anxiety and even self-hate. We have this time to stay at home, to take care of ourselves and to fix things we never loved about ourselves, not just body shape. We focused on how we have been treating others. People will say but we are watching Netflix or playing video games. However one way or another, we will get bored and then we will care about ourselves. So let’s take this great opportunity to be the ones we want to be, the best version of us, by learning a language we always wanted to learn or even learn how to play piano online. You can even act at home and be different characters to find what you are interested in. This time is for us to find our interests and who we want to be when we grow up. Lets take advantage of such a great opportunity.