It is as if spring break became the divider between normal life and completely changed life due to COVID-19. Prior to spring break, I woke up at 6:45, left for school at 8:15, and was home by 4:30. Each of my classes took place at a specific time during the day, I saw friends Monday-Friday, and I was asleep by 10:30. Now I have essentially no structure, I have plenty of extra time for procrastination, and I complete my assignments when I choose.

A typical day in life for me probably looks a little bit different than most students. I wake up before 10 a.m., I spend a few hours on school work, and I work quite a bit as well.

On the schoolwork side of it, I usually complete my easiest assignments first or the assignments I can complete the quickest. With the longer assignments/projects, I spread the work out over a couple days. Other times, I complete the harder assignments in a day to get them over with. I definitely procrastinate the work that takes me longer.

There is a lack of structure in my schedule because I choose when I want to do a certain assignment. I don’t have my day blocked out for me and I honestly miss that. Not knowing what’s next and having to choose it for myself isn’t fun for me. The lack of structure is also what allows me to procrastinate because I am not sitting in class for 45 minutes with only that assignment to work on.

On days that I work at my actual job, I usually work on school before I leave, so I don’t think about it while at work. I just started working outside my home, so I’ve only been working for three hours at a time, but I’ll be working longer hours as soon as I’m out of training.

My other job is actually a personal business that I run. I make T-shirt blankets for people and each one takes me five to eight hours depending on the size. When I don’t have schoolwork or my actual job, this is what I work on. I set up a show for streaming–right now it’s Teen Wolf– and complete blanket after blanket. Since I’ve been in “shelter in place,” I have had tons to do.

The main difference of my day now compared to pre-pandemic days is that I don’t get to see people my age and I rarely see people outside of my family. I have only seen a couple of friends since this whole thing started and other than work, I only leave my house about once a week for groceries and materials for the blankets. It’s different from school because I used to see people every day for hours. It is the main thing I miss about school.

My day ends with watching a movie or browsing through Pinterest. All in all, I am on social media more often now, I watch more movies and shows than usual, and I haven’t completely lost my mind yet. I am ready for a break from school, but I think I’ll be happy to go back at the end of summer.