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It's been pretty different, I mean 
i think that's that's a given but,  

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uh, I think we're all trying our best,

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it's definitely easier to get burned out.

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Um, not my favorite semester that i've been 
going through but, you know, pushing through.

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It's been going pretty well, ummmm,
not how i figured my last semester would go.

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Before the pandemic, I was so busy always like 
having to do something or having to be somewhere,

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but because the pandemic has given me so much time 
it's sort of forced me to check in with myself. 

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The semester's going, I think, better than anybody 
could expect. I'm teaching in person this semester

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So, it's been great to get back into the classroom  

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and kind of have face-to-face 
interactions with students.

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I've spent like a lot of time just like 
doing more, more things for my mental health,  

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just like exercising a lot more.

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I've been trying to make the most of the 
situation, so i actually got into running,  

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which is something that I've 
hated for most of my life.

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I understand why neighborhood moms go on 
walks with their squads. I'm completely  

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subscribed to it. I will be continuing 
it for the rest of my college career.

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I like reading and sunbathing outside,  

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so just sitting in front of my dorm 
or coming here, just with a good book.

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I think we've all just undergone like a lot 
of change through this pandemic in a good way,  

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I mean it's been really hard but positive, 
just a lot of like self-reflection.

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And oftentimes we go go go go go, 
a thousand miles an hour and we  

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don't even have a chance to reflect on 
what we've seen and what we've done,

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and we've had plenty of time to do that!

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I'm ready for this to be over, don't get me wrong;  

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but it's really, really awesome that 
i'm learning to value things more.

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It sounds cheesy, but everyone 
should keep in mind that,  

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you know, we're all, we're all in this together.

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Recognize that you're not alone and 
that everyone is sort of struggling, but  

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we got it. We got it. Yeah.