COVID 19 by Sadie

COVID 19 by Sadie - September 2022 Scholarship Essay

I believe that we make mistakes and then we learn from them. Some lessons are way more difficult than others, and sometimes we even make the same mistakes over and over again. My biggest mistake though, that I wish I could take back was how I handled the pandemic when I went in isolation for a year for all of 2020 going into 2021. I had a major break down during that time in my life, like many people. My mental health was at its worst which came along with lots of other problems. The whole time I was worried about when this would end, if it would, and if i would make it to the end point to where I was allowed to leave the isolation of my house. Hence, if I could tell my past self one thing, I would tell her that I will make it. That she will live her life again, and to actually enjoy the time with your family. I regret how I felt, and in the moment I know why I felt and did what I did, but I know if I could just tell my past self that there was an end date to where we could go out and live life again, I have faith I would have taken advantage of the family home time. Then again I think from all the emotions and trauma I went through, I grew from that. I am getting stronger everyday, and I have faith that strength that I grew will help me for future conflicts. I wouldn't go back and say anything to my past self honestly, because that could change how I evolved and continue to evolve. Yes, it might make a certain situation (live covid) easier. However in the end everything happens for a reason, and I wouldn't change a thing.