"WHAT THE PANDEMIC MADE ME REALIZE THAT CHANGED ME

TO BE A BETTER PERSON"

The pandemic changed and made me realize that being alone is fine
and fulfilling. The pandemic isolated everyone to their homes to
avoid the infectious virus that caused havoc to the world for two or
almost three years, some might've enjoyed their time with family
and friends while others hated it because it stopped their goals of
adventure. But what i realized during the pandemic was it was also a
good opportunity to understand, relate and reflect in ourselves.

When the quarantine began at year 2019, i have never left my home
and while being at home i saw from the news that the world had
gone entirely silent and dark. The festivities got cancelled, party
plans outside with many people invited is not allowed, many small
or big businesses got closed. It was at that moment i have realized it
was gonna last for a long time and i was not wrong. Waiting for the
world to be back to normal is tiring and boring and that is why i
decided to fill a goal at those two silent years and that is to reflect
and understand myself more than i already know it.

That goal was hard to reach but i believed in myself, every night
before i sleep i write my day in a diary to read it the very next day.
My emotions and every small details i did the entire day is written
on that notebook, and when i wake up the next day i read it with a
smile on my face remembering those detailed memories. I laughed
at those small details because i remembered everything but writing
it in a notebook that will last for a long time was memorable. When
im sad or lost i read those notes and what i read made me know
myself even more and i get to know what i usually do when im sad,
angry, happy, lonely and everything else. I get myself to see what i
did, to realize what i did and change something wrong that i did.
That is then i have finally succeeded, i got to know myself even
better and i have witnessed what my every day life was. My
everyday lifestyle changed and i have realized that i matured with
an intention of being the better version of myself. At first i thought
the road to knowing your own self is hard and that you can never
reach that goal but i was wrong, it wasn't hard and tiring but rather
an enjoyable adventure that every person needs to achieve. There
was never an ending, you just need to continue getting to know
yourself and record it in your own mind and heart.

Changes does not and will never happen overnight. Everyone needs
to slow down in our fast changing world, to appreciate and feel the
process of growing up. To be able to completely be comfortable with
your own self, and to treasure all that you have in yourself.