As the weeks go on and the days get longer, the options only seem to thin. Amid a global pandemic, many wonder how they’ll possibly fill the time. I was in the same boat for a long while. That was until I was graced by the gods with a gift from the heavens. On March 20th, a game I’ve been waiting for, for over a year, called Animal Crossing: New Horizons came out. I was overjoyed, but there was a catch. The game had only been released for the Nintendo Switch, and as luck has me, I had sent mine in to get repaired. The only problem in this situation is that the repair shop was forced to shut down because of the virus. I waited for a couple of days for a miracle to happen, but it looked like my machine was trapped in the clutches of a now-abandoned shop. All of my friends were playing the game, so I caved. I went to Target and bought a new system so that I could be freed from the darkness and despair of the world around me. Although the purchase was an expensive one, it was worth every penny to me. As I loaded the game into the system, I was instantly thrown into a world of peach trees, animal villagers, and an island with beauty at every corner. In comparison to the house I had been living in, I would’ve done close to anything to escape from the current condition of the world around us. As I do all I can to manage and cope with the seemingly crumbling world around us, I look for all the ways in which I can learn to appreciate the time I have now. I’ve begun meditating, trying to find some sense of peace and stability in all of this chaos, and that has been a beacon of hope recently as well. Between managing my own time and balancing it with my family’s this whole pandemic, the environment of my life has been quickly changing and evolving in ways I never expected. As my senior year begins to wrap up, I learn every day that this one is more surprising and quickly-changing than even I ever expected it to be
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Taylor QualeyA high school senior from Moorhead, Minnesota going through a worldwide pandemic ArchivesCategories |