Personal Essay Example: How Covid19 Changed My Life

I’m really sorry but you're going to have to read another Covid essay about how it changed my life. I don’t think my lockdown experience is unique or interesting but what I am going to tell you are different things I've done to keep me going, how I coped and how Covid has changed me as a person. My experience in a nutshell was that one of my family members unfortunately had Covid and I discovered new hobbies.

After being pestered about the millionth time, like a mum by her child, to watch the TV series Ackley Bridge by my friends, I eventually decided I would. This show is about two segregated schools coming together and seeing how they can deal with modern day racism. The show's main idea is to demonstrate the difficulties faced in coloured friendships and the effects of racism on people. It was interesting to see how the people in the show got over racism as at the start of the show there was a high level of racism and slowly as the show was ending the racism started to die down. It upset me seeing people in the show of my own race going through racism, although this show was disheartening at times I enjoyed watching it as I could relate to it and felt like I was back in school. Looking back, if we had not been lockdown I wouldn't have even considered watching this show.

Yeah… one of my family members got Covid it was my Mum. She works in the NHS. During lockdown my Mum was working with very sick Covid patients back to back. It all started when she started to experience extreme tiredness and would have to nap like a baby during the day she later developed flu-like symptoms and lost her sense of taste and smell which prompted her to take a covid test which was positive!. I had a million thoughts running through my head all at once. Was she ever going to get better? How long will this last? When will I see my Mum? My heart was aching, my throat was burning, and I just wanted to cry. With all these thoughts it was really challenging for me to concentrate on my school work and I eventually just stopped doing it. I just had to reassure myself my Mum was fine and there would be a vaccine soon. Two weeks later my Mum started to feel better and slowly got her sense of taste and smell back which felt like forever as everyday she still kept saying she couldn't taste anything. Thankfully after her Covid experience she was back to normal and healthy.

Lockdown had made me feel really worried for my physical health as I was always snacking unnecessarily and wasn’t moving about as much. I was as lazy as a fat cat. I noticed that lots and lots of people were going on long walks and I thought that was a really good idea so I decided to go on a walk with my Mum. We went around my block and walked past the closed shops which was an eerie experience for me to see as that area was normally buzzing with life. I remember while walking up the hill to go home the sun was setting which was a beautiful sight to see, the warm fresh air was just a nice breeze I could feel whilst walking. Looking back I never knew I could be so grateful to go on a simple walk. It was such a good experience for me and to this day my Mum and I still make time to go for long walks, something we never did before Covid.

With lockdown I had so much spare time on my hands. I was as bored as someone watching time pass on a clock. I had nothing to do. I remember my Mum showing me a brownie mixture she bought. She told me I could make some to pass the time, I laughed and thought it was quite funny, who would make brownies in their spare time? A couple of days later my boredem was really starting to eat me up to the point I decided to take my Mum’s idea into consideration. I got up and made the brownies. They were actually really nice and I had lots of fun making them. I persuaded my Mum to get more. She was relieved to see me stop complaining and bought more mixtures. After a while I decided to make new mixtures which I really enjoyed. It took up a good portion of my day and baking was a really fun experience for me as I felt like I had something to look forward to every day, I never used to like baking as I found it boring but with lockdown and all the time I had on my hands it made me realise if I just gave something a shot I could end up liking it.

Lockdown has changed me as a person. It has made me realise if I try new things I could enjoy them. Before lockdown I would say I was a negative thinker and thought the worst of things but with lockdown it has changed my way of thinking as I realised with time everything isn't as bad as it seems. Lockdown has definitely challenged my patience and mental health. It has definitely given me a new positive way of thinking as I realised if one thing goes wrong it doesn't mean the world is going to end. If there's one thing lockdown has taught me it would be to definitely never ever ever take life for granted as a “normal life” can be taken away in the blink of an eye.

For our future, I feel like life will never be the same as it was before Covid. The world around us has adapted to be more Covid friendly, even the people have changed. Some are so wary of Covid they barely leave the house. I feel like we will always have to live with some form of restriction.

In conclusion Covid has changed our lives dramatically. It has really shown us that we cannot take life for granted. Although lockdown was a horrible experience that happened to the world, it saved a lot of lives. I think we can all agree that many of us have at least gained one thing from this lockdown, like I gained a new positive way of thinking. Covid will always be in the background of our lives and it is something we will never forget.