Finals week, or weeks if you’re unlucky are one of the most stressful times for students across academia.  Most college and university students are in the midst of it currently; last minute study sessions, high-stress, low energy, franticness, and anxiousness are all in full swing. At what cost does this come to students?

Driving is more than a form of transportation; to me, it is often a time to become fully enveloped in my thoughts and feelings.  Being alone, in control of where I’m going, and with no outside distractions is extremely freeing.

I came across an article in The New York Times which talked about how the pandemic is forcing families to raise their children without help from other family members or outside resources. This sparked the thought of how specifically this situation impacts us and for the future; what are some other, less apparent and personal to me, impacts of the pandemic.

Bodies scare me.  We need them to exist, but they require so much work to maintain and upkeep.  Between the mental, emotional, and physical sides of things taking care of a body in an ideal world is a full-time job.  When you add in trauma, mental illness, physical illness, difficult living situations, stress from jobs or relationships, and all of the other things that make it more difficult to maintain a body, the amount of effort and time needed can quickly become overwhelming.