Bringing back the community in community college

BY EDUARDO GARCIA

Eventhough I don't work, I've been struggling to maintain the same sleeping schedule, but have been working on myself through personal development.

However, ever since the lockdown began, staying at home has been a bit of a downer on me. I can't go to different parts of the valley, visit my friends, hold weekly club meetings or have "Boba Fridays" (half-joke) with my close friend.

While I do practice social distancing, it doesn't feel great to stay in one place for a prolonged time.

Looking at the positives, having more time to be at home has benefited me. For instance, I’ve been reading more, learning new skills online, listening to podcasts, working on personal short-term and longterm projects, revisiting past unfulfilled passions, improving my oral and written fluency in Spanish and many more.

I've also been bettering my mindset and forming new habits. For instance, I've been attempting to write on my agenda planner every day, finishing a book per week, exercising and more.

And, of course, there's the sleep aspect, where I would sometimes sleep really late at night and wake up late in the day. This is something I need to change so that I sleep on time and wake up with the "rise and shine" attitude early in the day.

In the past, I would almost never watch Netflix. But in April, I bingewatched "Money Heist" for two days. I have not finished the series, but I don't think I'm going to finish watching it all just so that I can avoid being locked into a screen. Before that, I did watch a 2011 movie called "In Time," which has transformed how I perceive time.