Admit it, that title is hilarious. (Okay so maybe I could’ve done a little better…)
Hey! It’s Megha and I’m back with a new series called College Diaries as a present to myself on the first day of university! I’ll be giving you glimpses into my lovely college journey … while I attend (part one) from home! The feelings I’m experiencing right now are no way NEAR those I felt before sending the applications, preparing for my final exams in high school (which got cancelled by the way HA) waiting for acceptances, etc.
It’s time to get down to the uncomfortable topic… the pandemic. It was devastating to decide and then accept that the next chapter of my life is stuck to the previous one (Enough with the metaphors Megha! It’s just “I’m stuck at home!”). Honestly, it did take a few weeks (if not a few months) to come to terms with it. It really was hard. I thought of all the sitting, the lengthy video calls for online classes, having to keep myself accountable for everything, having no one to work out with and being lonely in general, among other things haha.
Unfortunately, I cannot control the pandemic. I can control my actions, behavior, awareness, etc. towards it of course but there’s only so much we can do, right? I can’t sit around and throw a tantrum. The best thing is to healthily move on to a new mindset and be productive! One thing that definitely helped is technology. As much as we know to harmful effects of social media, it really served me well this time. I reached out to MANY people from my university and it was daunting, I’m not gonna lie. The thought of them saying “Oh cool!” and ending the conversation, just not putting as much effort as I do or even being left on read (totally didn’t happen to me…) filled my mind. I told myself, “Not everyone’s going to like you and you may not even get along! Don’t worry about it. You have to be comfortable with being alone and accept rejections.” I added other life lessons, too. Some connections worked, some didn’t. Nevertheless, it did WONDERS for my isolated soul. We’re all going through this together and we’ll GET THROUGH it together. Just hang on and be realistic. Be mindful of your own and others mental health and try to make the best of it. That’s it for now ❤
I hope you liked this entry! Feel free to let me know what you guys think and any new ideas you have that you’d like me to write about (whether part of this series or not)! Stay safe 🙂