Taking Up Journaling to Get Through this Crisis
Dear Diary,
This week has been both the worst of times and the best of times (sorry Mr. Dickens for the plagiarism). God, or whichever celestial beings reign supreme over us (maybe it’s the Flying Spaghetti Monster), has decided that my last quarter of college has to end with one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse, a toilet paper shortage, and a quarantine. I haven’t been to Lily’s Tacos in two weeks and I am beginning to feel like a meth addict going through the late stages of withdrawal. Weekly political news has been replaced by weekly pandemic updates—death tolls, TP-mania, and naysayers hellbent on playing down the virus as benign (looking at you, Kenneth Copeland). Nevertheless, life feels unremarkably pedestrian. With the exception of long lines before grocery stores and the transition to online classes, the motions of my life remain relatively unchanged. I should be thankful because there are loads of things to be thankful for—my family is safe, I go to sleep on a full stomach (shoutout to A.S. Food Bank for the avocadoes), and I will be able to pay rent next month. These are luxuries that not everyone can afford at the moment, a fact exacerbated by a tiny microscopic organism.
Did I also mention that I found love during these apocalyptic times? I won’t go into the details, but it’s safe to say that my mind is preoccupied with things radically more dreamy and peachy than a punk virus. It’s ironic that during a period of deep distancing, two people found themselves more intertwined than ever, or as they say, like two peas in a pod more than ever.
Ideas for staying sane during the quarantine: Cook! Now is the best time for you to develop a skill—if you haven’t already—and cooking is one of these essential and easy skills to take up. The best way to start is to follow along with a cooking video on YouTube—I highly recommend Gordon Ramsay’s steak, Binging with Babish’s pop culture recipes, and Ratatouille’s Ratatouille (I’m kidding). In addition, now that your pantry is restricted, you need to be both economical and creative to stretch your supply and stimulate your palette. Geniuses are molded by times of strife, after all. Keep experimenting, keep at it, and come out of this crisis harder, better, faster, and stronger.
See you later (hopefully),
Minh
This week has been both the worst of times and the best of times (sorry Mr. Dickens for the plagiarism). God, or whichever celestial beings reign supreme over us (maybe it’s the Flying Spaghetti Monster), has decided that my last quarter of college has to end with one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse, a toilet paper shortage, and a quarantine. I haven’t been to Lily’s Tacos in two weeks and I am beginning to feel like a meth addict going through the late stages of withdrawal. Weekly political news has been replaced by weekly pandemic updates—death tolls, TP-mania, and naysayers hellbent on playing down the virus as benign (looking at you, Kenneth Copeland). Nevertheless, life feels unremarkably pedestrian. With the exception of long lines before grocery stores and the transition to online classes, the motions of my life remain relatively unchanged. I should be thankful because there are loads of things to be thankful for—my family is safe, I go to sleep on a full stomach (shoutout to A.S. Food Bank for the avocadoes), and I will be able to pay rent next month. These are luxuries that not everyone can afford at the moment, a fact exacerbated by a tiny microscopic organism.
Did I also mention that I found love during these apocalyptic times? I won’t go into the details, but it’s safe to say that my mind is preoccupied with things radically more dreamy and peachy than a punk virus. It’s ironic that during a period of deep distancing, two people found themselves more intertwined than ever, or as they say, like two peas in a pod more than ever.
Ideas for staying sane during the quarantine: Cook! Now is the best time for you to develop a skill—if you haven’t already—and cooking is one of these essential and easy skills to take up. The best way to start is to follow along with a cooking video on YouTube—I highly recommend Gordon Ramsay’s steak, Binging with Babish’s pop culture recipes, and Ratatouille’s Ratatouille (I’m kidding). In addition, now that your pantry is restricted, you need to be both economical and creative to stretch your supply and stimulate your palette. Geniuses are molded by times of strife, after all. Keep experimenting, keep at it, and come out of this crisis harder, better, faster, and stronger.
See you later (hopefully),
Minh
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