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Challenge 131: What I learned from the Pandemic: Slow Down

For this challenge I wanted to illustrate how this pandemic has really reinforced that I can’t be moving at 120% all the time. It’s important to just turn off and do something kind for myself every so often (even if it’s something as simple as painting my nails).

Elizabeth B.

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Challenge 131: What I Learned From The Pandemic: America! It Makes Sense! I honestly don't feel very optimistic these days, and the pandemic has mostly only taught me awful things about the United States and people. So, I'm going to illustrate how I visualize the structure of our country: as ill-planned out as a Dr. Seuss House. Caitlin

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Challenge 131: What I learned from the Pandemic: Simplify and Refresh

For this challenge I wanted to show that during this time I have learned how to simplify and prioritize my life and time in order to live now and enjoy the small beauty going on around.

Brett Morgan

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Challenge 131: What I Learned from the Pandemic: Cats Don’t Practice Social Distancing

...Or at least my cat really doesn’t.

It’s still a little soon for me to accurately sort out my experiences during this pandemic, but I have come to some realizations about mundane, every-day things. Namely that there is somehow still laundry to do even though I live in my pajamas, that time effectively has no meaning, and that my cat has no interest in staying six feet away from me.

James

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Challenge 131 : What I learned from the Pandemic : It's a Mad House

These times seem to foster a beautiful sense of togetherness, even at a distance, however. As we fall further and further down into the rabbit hole, not knowing when the true end will be; we dive into the brinks of our own insanity. With whole families being home every minute of every day, not having a space to crawl away, can really drive a person quite mad. There’s only so much time one can spend with one another. With insanity already set in, learning new ways to help with our own mental health and creating a space or at least moments of safe escapes has been a necessity to finding normality.

- Emily McA

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Challenge 131: What I learned from the Pandemic: Moments

During all of this extra time at home I initially started feeling really panicked and out of control. As time went on, I started noticing my feelings towards my environment changing. I began to feel more in tune with the nuances in my environment. I’ve learned to slow down and appreciate what I can see in front of me and the tangible things that bring my joy. These images are meant to capture “moments” where I’ve been able to feel a sense of calm in what otherwise feel like a very hectic time.

-Sarah

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Challenge 131: What I Learned From the Pandemic: Finding Peace in Plants

One of the things I needed to learn how to do during the pandemic was to grow my own greens for my bunnies in case we ran out due to people hoarding food. My back yard enclosed patio essentially is now made up of so many potted greens and vegetables. Both myself and my bunnies are enjoying getting back to the basics and zoning out the madness by spending time out there a lot around the plants. This has been almost a daily thing now, and I’ve been finding it as a part of my daily wellness. There’s something peaceful and grounding with getting a little dirt up your nails and bunnies at your feet. :-) 

-Tina

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Challenge 131: What I learned from the Pandemic: Stay Stocked

As someone who before the pandemic was only just starting to toy with buying certain staples ahead of time, it’s been really different grocery shopping lately. In the beforetimes, I used to go to the grocery at least twice a week, not planning too much ahead, just getting mainly ingredients for the the next meal that would last a couple days. I live about 5 minutes’ drive away from a grocery store, but I’d also love visiting different groceries for different types of items. I loved taking my time perusing the shelves, clipping digital coupons, smelling fruit to see if it was ripe, inspecting each vegetable, discovering new things. As someone who’s always worked from home, it was an outing to me.  Now, we order online, and do curbside pickup or have things delivered because we have the luxury of not putting ourselves in harm’s way just to be able to eat. It may seem like a trivial thing, but grocery trips are something I miss. All that said, the thing I learned from the pandemic is the importance of keeping a well-stocked pantry. And to be extremely grateful for the giant package of toilet paper my partner snagged at Costco in January that’s still going strong.