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QUARANTINE TIME, REFLECTION TIME

Valentina Pinzón

Because of the COVID-19 situation, we all started

quarantine about four months ago. We changed our
routines and we are inside at home everyday all the
time. In my experience, my feelings have been

stronger now and my opinion of what it´s important
and not, is completely different.

Being with the same people every day, not seeing
my friends and not going to school, are the things

that make me feel lonely and bored sometimes. The
good thing is that I don´t feel that way about my

family because besides the ones who I live with,
most of the others who I´m close with, are in
another city or country, so I’m used to the distance.

I thought that going to school was just about a
learning stereotype, but now I see that is more than

that, is about socializing with people who are my
age and living experiences that you can´t have at
home.

The worst feeling that´s stuck in my head is the

uncertainty of when this is going to end, when I will
be able to go out and not be “afraid” of having
physical contact with people, and also not knowing

when my normal life is going to come back.

But there are some things that quarantine makes

me more thankful for: my family, facts like we are all
healthy, we are not missing anything, we have a

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