Realizations during lock-down

I would like to share with you all today a very important message. Even though the world is going through a tough time, there are still many positive aspects to this calamity. Just like everything else in this world, some people choose to use this opportunity and do something beneficial in it, while others just ignore, whine and waste this opportunity.

The first few weeks of quarantine were kind of hard and boring with no one knowing what to do or how long the quarantine would even last. However, soon enough I found lots of things lying around the house for years that I never had the time to do, and with so much spare time on my hands, what better to do than to complete a 1000 piece puzzle, am I right? I thought it would take ages to complete nevertheless it was completed in only 3 days, which I think is quite impressive.

After that, I completed a 500 piece puzzle in only 2 days. I quickly ran out of puzzles to complete so I began painting, something that I haven’t done in many years. I along with my siblings painted over 10 pictures before I finally ran out of paints and papers.

500 piece jigsaw puzzle
Acrylic painting of a tulip field in Holland

The final project I decided to do was baking several things including muffins and homemade bread as the whole world was in on this new trend. Surprisingly, both turned out great on the first attempt, hooray!!

Raspberry and banana oat muffins
Homemade bread

This quarantine also gave me an opportunity to spend quality time with my family, where I got to play lots of games. Finally, I am extremely grateful for the fact that I did not have to go to college in the scorching heat of summer (50+ degrees C).