Hello everyone! I hope you are all healthy and hopefully happy. Going on day 26 of Quarantine, I have to admit it’s been difficult. Waking up knowing there isn’t going to be much to do makes it difficult to do work. There is no motivation anymore for me to do my schoolwork or mange things for work, so deadlines are tending to creep up on me. I’m sure we are all familiar with this feeling as we are getting further into quarantine.
As a result, I have not been reading much. Besides not being able to leave our property, the weather in New York has not been very forgiving either. I am writing this while a thunderstorm booms in the background. We did have 2 days of sunshine though; it was nice and warm with the sun shining perfectly on my family’s back deck. I took complete advantage of it. At home, that is my favorite place to read. Every year in high school, during spring break I would come home from work and just sit on my deck for hours reading. Because of this, I finally finished Sally Rooney’s Normal People. I liked the book a lot. It is not the type of book I normally read since I tend to go for more adventure-based plots, but I really enjoyed this book. I also read Michaela’s blog post about it being Stargirl for adults and it really had me noticing all the similarities while reading it and I really appreciate the comparison!
I have found that planning a reading break during my day has kept me more motivated. It gives me something to look forward to and makes me think I have to work for it, so I get some of my schoolwork done. I am also getting up earlier, I have found that what works for me is setting my alarm. If I wake up at 12 I never want to start my work, but if I get up a little earlier it makes me think of all the time I have and I voluntarily start my work. I'm trying to find different ways during this quarantine to keep me busy and pass the time. So, now I have a pile of books to look forward to reading and hopefully you all are managing well too!
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