6 things that bring us joy despite tough times

For a majority of people, these last few months in quarantine have been quite lonely. Social isolation, for many, has meant total isolation, as friends and family members remain quarantined in their respective homes. Though most are able to recognize that being in isolation is the best decision for the health of them and their loved ones, that doesn’t mean that it has been easy to live without t...

Like most people, all my plans were cancelled due to COVID-19. At first, it was pretty difficult for me to fill the time. Days were spent scrolling through Instagram, then deleting it from my phone as an attempt to stop myself...then redownloading it the next day because I ‘had nothing else to do’.  As someone who is always go-go-go, always doing something, it was a huge adjustment. Still, I�...

Everyday is déjà vu. Weekends disappeared and days of the week don’t matter anymore. It was the point where many memorized their times and days for Zoom classes, when boredom kicked in.  Simply sinking in the extra time wasn’t the right option for me. Something I found to fill in those empty times is to go outside. When school was in session, there was little to no time for me to venture i...

I am deeply ashamed to admit there was a dark time in my life where I was a misguided Apple Music user. However in my defense, junior high was the worst, and everything I said or did between the ages of 12-14 should be permanently removed from the public record.  Luckily, my freshman year, I fell for Apple Music’s older, edgy cousin—Spotify. At first, I endured the ads, but due to a lack of men...

While in quarantine, many of us have found ourselves to be trapped in a cycle of terrible sleep schedules and laziness. Social media has become a black hole that sucks you in and spits you out, leaving you unmotivated and  just as bored as before. For the first few months of this extended Spring Break, I fell into this cycle. I had no motivation to do anything and only wanted to lay in bed a...

Do you ever go through your camera roll and see so many unneeded screenshots or terrible photos you have? Me too. In the last week of March I was scrolling through my iPhone photos to see that I had over 10,000 pictures/videos (40GB/128GB of storage on my phone used for JUST photos…) I was quite shocked to see so many unnecessary screenshots and started deleting them all. I finished deleting them abou...