Before quarantine, I didn’t have a very spontaneous life where I would have something different to do every day. Transitioning to self-isolation didn’t take a big toll on me. Of course I missed my friends and human interaction, but I knew how to handle myself during this time. My days seems like a copy of each other and I would be doing the same things each day. This prompted me to develop a variety of habits.

One thing that became habitual was my sleeping schedule. After, the new distant learning schedule was posted, I would try my best to wake up before 10 AM to attend any class meetings if my teacher hosted any. After these meetings, I would tend to fall back asleep because I usually don’t have any motivation to get up that early in the morning anymore. This would then lead me to waking at 1 AM, but I don’t get up just yet. I stay in bed on my phone; scrolling through TikTok usually for an hour.

This would be the time where I either eat what my mom prepared from last night or beg my brothers to buy me food. During this whole quarantine, my brother and I became a big fan of fast food chains that included drive-thrus. It was a quick way to get our food without having to come into contact with others. However, we did not have many food choices because not all food places had drive-thrus. These started to become repetitive as well. Luckily, my middle brother knew how to use apps like Grub-Hub and Postmates. He would have food deliver to our door-step and the food choices began to expand. I very much enjoyed eating Dim Sum and chicken nuggets. Sadly, my brothers are not made out of money so this wasn’t a daily thing.