I am doing as well as I can be in quarantine. I am doing my part and staying away from others outside of my family as much as possible. However, I still leave my house, but not my neighborhood much. The main thing that helps me during this time is exercise. I work out six times a week at a minimum and I am fortunate enough to have a mini home gym with weights. I look forward to exercising as a form of release of stress, anxiety, and energy. I have a lot of stored up energy now that I am inside most of the days, and exercising creates a great way to release a lot of that energy. A great source of stress for me and my family is my mother. She works at a hospital in which are a few patients with the virus. She is considered an essential worker so she goes in every day and delivers the medications to many patients’ rooms at the hospital. We do many activities together, especially now that we are all in quarantine together, so it is scary to think that she could have it and possibly spread it to us.

One positive thing about the quarantine is family time. We are together every day now and we pass time by playing cards, having a catch outside, cooking, or anything else we come up with. It is very enjoyable spending this much time with family especially after being at college for such a long period of time. 

I find myself spending a great amount of time on electronic devices also. I facetime my friends almost every day and I connect with other friends through videogames every night. I also am on my phone on social media a lot, but I make sure to get away from it when I work out and when I am with my family. 

Overall I feel as though I am doing well in quarantine but have the same worries as many others about the virus.

Romy Patel