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| #takeabreak |
My project is titled #takeabreak. My project is based on mental health. Since the world has opened up since the initial lockdowns of 2020, many have forgotten that we are still in a pandemic. Millions of people around the world are still recovering from the burdens that lockdown and the pandemic have caused. Since the majority are back to their regular routines and there are fewer covid regulations, many don't realize the after effects we have faced as a population. Our economy is in a recession, there's a major labor shortage, and we still are facing a deadly virus.
Personally, life after the lockdowns for my family and I has been extremely difficult. The financial burden of a parent being jobless for part of the year still has its lingering effects almost two years later. Becoming an adult during the pandemic has been especially difficult for me and many others my age. Being stuck in a home with your family, not being able to branch out in your young adult years, and entering an economic decline is mentally draining. Today's youth are entering adulthood into a world that is crumbling. For a year, we sat at home watching the news and reading headlines about the daily death toll, watching scientists and doctors who can't understand this rapidly spreading virus, and watching people break guidelines put in place to protect us. It was something out of a movie that we experienced.
Returning to campus this semester has been a challenge. I'm in my third year of college, and this is my second semester in person. When starting college, I couldn't wait to go into the healthcare field, and I always loved science. I had a passion for education. Three years later, I changed my major. The pandemic has caused me to have a level of burnout I've never experienced. After spending months at home, we were forced into this rise and grind culture. Last spring I was a full-time student and worked 30+ hours a week, during the summer I worked 50+ hours a week, which caused a level of fatigue I've never experienced. This semester I decided to "take a break" and search for what I wanted. Academically this has been my worst semester, but I have ascended in other ways. Taking a break has allowed me to find calm in a storm.
My project is to encourage others to take a break. You don't always have to rise and grind. It is perfectly fine to take a break when needed. It is good to take a break when you are unsure of the paths you have taken. Taking a break can be enlightening to the paths you didn't take. Taking breaks can help you analyze and organize parts of your life you have neglected on the path you've taken. This is especially important for college students, your life is not a straight line. Taking a break allows you to think about your passions and think about who you are outside of your education.
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