Coping With The Pandemic As Students by Anonymous

⭐️ PANDEMIC BINGO ‼‼

2021-06-10 10:43:12 UTC

JOIN OUR BINGO ACTIVITY!!
DOWNLOAD/SAVE THE TEMPLATE BELOW AND SHARE WITH US WHAT ACTIVITIES YOU HAVE DONE!!!🤗

⭐️ HOW YOU CAN MAKE A SCHEDULE

muneswaranthaarini — 2021-06-10 11:11:41 UTC

'Topper Student Timetable In Lockdown'

⭐️ COPING WITH THE PANDEMIC

muneswaranthaarini — 2021-06-10 11:16:20 UTC

'COVID-19 for Students | How to Come Out of This Ahead'

⭐️ DAILY SCHEDULE 🕐

2021-06-10 11:27:23 UTC

Still suffering on time management in this pandemic especially during weekend?
Here is a daily schedule that you can try to follow!!!😍
Comment below on the experience when following this schedule😁
Hope all of you have a great weekend😆

⭐️ PANDEMIC WORKOUT ROUTINE

lchianwen — 2021-06-10 11:38:08 UTC

It's time to move our body!! Time to rest your eyes by starting to do some stretching after a long day of sitting in front of laptop.
Here are some recommendations of Workout Videos in building a healthy body!!

⭐️ PANDEMIC BAKING

lchianwen — 2021-06-10 11:41:56 UTC

Baking is such a fun and easy activities! It's also the perfect bonding session with your families <3
Brownies can turn the frownies upside down so let's bake together :))

⭐️ STUDY TIPS 📚

muneswaranthaarini — 2021-06-10 11:55:19 UTC

How to Study Effectively for School or College

⭐️ TIME MANAGEMENT TIPS ⏰

muneswaranthaarini — 2021-06-10 11:59:47 UTC

Time Management for College Students

⭐️ JOURNALING TIPS 📝

2021-06-10 12:09:32 UTC

Keep track of patterns in your thoughts and actions with a self-reflection journal.

Here is some tips for writing self reflection journal😁
Feel free to share your journal at here.

⭐️ SMOOTHIE BOWL

lchianwen — 2021-06-10 12:14:37 UTC

Smoothie Bowls can be delicious and healthy at the same time! Time to replace ice cream with Acai Smoothie Bowls and you can customize your own favorite toppings :D

⭐️ SHARING OF MUSIC🎹

2021-06-10 12:16:26 UTC

Piano music can make us calm down during this pandemic that is full oh stress.

You guys can try to listen on this playlist we have share!!! Hope this will help you.

⭐️ GO GREEN

lchianwen — 2021-06-10 12:17:22 UTC

A new hobby can be cultured during pandemic as well
Succulent can help to purify the air and improve the oxygen quality in our home.
It is affordable and benefits us in a lot of different ways
Hope you guys can get one to place it in your home :))

⭐️ MEDITATION at night before sleep

Mental_Harmony — 2021-06-10 12:23:18 UTC

Meditation may help you sleep better. As a relaxation technique, it can quiet the mind and body while enhancing inner peace. When done before bedtime, meditationmay help reduce insomnia and sleep troubles by promoting overall calmness.

⭐️ LISTENING TO PODCAST

Mental_Harmony — 2021-06-10 12:28:41 UTC

Podcasts are great to listen to when you have free time when you would usually listen to music. I enjoy listening to them in the morning while I’m getting ready, when I’m at doing my work at home, or while I’m exercising.

⭐️ WRITE A JOURNAL

Mental_Harmony — 2021-06-10 12:40:31 UTC

Journaling is thinking aloud; it makes me conscious of my internal dialogues. In no small measure, journals are tools for mindfulness. They make me more self-aware and they make me more aware of my highest ideals. That is the most powerful reason of all for keeping a journal.

⭐️ LEARN TO PAINT

Mental_Harmony — 2021-06-10 12:47:12 UTC

painting allows a my mind to relax and let go of all the problems that contribute to a high stress level.

⭐️ TO DO LISTS 📝

muneswaranthaarini — 2021-06-10 15:09:58 UTC

Having a to do list will help you track your progress easily.
Benefits:

Creates Accountability
Leaves You Open to Rescheduling and Organizing Time
Help You Delegate Your Work
Increases Productivity

'How To Make A Effective To-Do List'

My Experience

muneswaranthaarini — 2021-06-10 15:22:17 UTC

Initially during the pandemic I felt very demotivated because I didn't the have excitement that I would have if I was to be present at the university physically. Due to that, I was not able to manage my academic and personal life well.
To sort this out, I started making a weekly checklists. It helped me a lot in keeping track on what I'm doing and what I have to do. When I finish a task, I usually strikethrough it and that gives me so much satisfaction.
Also, to stay motivated while doing my assignments, my friend and I would zoom call and we would do our work while we're on the call. This helped us stay active while doing our work.

My Experience

Mental_Harmony — 2021-06-10 18:46:02 UTC

During this entire pandemic, it is really difficult to cater to all of the needs of students, having our classes being moved to online has definitely lessened the quality of our education.It's definitely not gonna be the same for me because a lot of classes are a struggle for not being around my professors and my classmates. For example, my Architecture classes have a lot of involvement in the studio and because of this pandemic all of our studios have just been canceled and moved to online.

My Experience

2021-06-10 19:05:07 UTC

I have experienced varied emotions during this pandemic times.

Anxious -> Happy -> Bored -> Scared -> Coping -> Peace

I am a regular practicioner of yoga. But due to corona, balancing home and school made me go off track with my commitment towards fitness and mindfulness.Instead of blaming myself and further self sabotaging it. I made a promise to myself that I should not be expecting too much consistency and perfection with regards to my fitness goals. I said to myself “It is ok even, if I work out 15 days in a month”.I have developed this self compasionate attitude towards myself, help me overcome procrastination and regret.

My Experience

lchianwen — 2021-06-11 02:29:54 UTC

I have been feeling anxiety because of constantly worrying about assignments, especially group assignments. It's really a struggle and it's kind of hard to communicate online and our ideas might not be express properly through online.

Sometimes I might felt boring as well as we are just staying in the house, facing four walls everyday with our families. I just miss to interact with people physically. ( But it's FMCO ya guys so stay at home!! )

Also, I messed up my sleeping schedule in the beginning of pandemic. Just like every teenagers, I watched binge-worthy shows until late midnight. But my body has started to show some symptoms, especially my skin started to break out really bad. So, it's really important to have a healthy sleeping schedule.

My Experience

2021-06-11 02:44:47 UTC

In this pandemic, my daily life have been ruined. I cannot go to school for my classes and met my friends. I even need to quickly catch up the classes through e-learning. Time management is the biggest problems to me. Weak time management make me sometimes cannot finish my work on time and skip some classes. My school study is totally messed up. The stress on the coursework keep affect me and I can't even sleep well too.

But I know that I cannot give up easily, I must do something to solve my time management problems. I have learn to write time schedule and note down all the important submission date. I also set reminder in my phone to remind myself.

I also have find the balance between work and rest. Everytime I study for 3 hours and then I will take a rest for 20 minutes. It will keep my motivation in study.

I also have found that music is really useful to cope with stress. I will listen to music before sleep or when taking a rest. It can relax my mind and get a good night sleep too.

But now the problem I still have is stay up late all the time. I still finding solution to solve this problem 😕

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My Experience

2021-06-11 12:13:52 UTC

Well, the stress, especially the fear of death, was the major issue for a several months, especially at the onset of this pandemic!!! To begin with, I was asking everyone I was in close contact with, via phone and on the internet, about how they were coping since that got conversations started about what people were doing to help themselves and others through these difficult times. I needed to find out what others were doing, and what they were not doing, and the only way to find out was to ask and put it out there! I quickly learned that most of us were struggling and floundering initially! There was so much fear and concern!

2021-06-11 15:13:20 UTC

I found online classes to be great for me as I'm always in my comfort zone (my room). 😂

My experience

2021-06-14 12:53:45 UTC

Although at first it felt like a good idea and was fun to sit around at home all da, the process quickly turned monotonous and led to a lot of boredom being built up. This was alleviated after lockdown restrictions eased however, it was tough dealing with so much boredom.

My Experience

2021-06-14 13:18:02 UTC

I didn't actually feel stressed at all. I adapt really well to different situations and kind of looked at the pandemic as a situation that will be ongoing for a couple of years instead of getting my hopes up too high.

For the few weeks of the first MCO in March 2020, it did get lonely because I was all alone and unable to go home. However, I eventually felt comfortable being alone and doing everything by myself. Sometimes things can get overwhelming but not to a stressful point. One thing that kept me in check was having a calendar book where I wrote all my assignment due dates and whennI will start a certain assignment.

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My Pandemic Experience

2021-06-14 13:58:59 UTC

At the beginning, it was indeed very challenging to change and adapt from normal to online classes.But after sometime you find ways to adapt and it gets better.For me, at first I was confused and couldn’t manage my time properly but after learning the pattern I came up with a basic schedule and plan on how to get things done.One thing tht I don’t like in online learning is having to listen super long lectures😪.I am both an introvert and extrovert so being only at home didn’t bother me nor effect me. Infact I liked it and could live normally, I wasn’t stress by it.Some tips I would give is to do or try out new things/activities every now and then.Spend time with ur family.Then watch alottttt of movies and tv shows.Just know how to manage ur time wisely and you got it.💪🏼💯✨

My experience

2021-06-14 15:45:57 UTC

One of the scariest things is uncertainty. During the epidemic, I have a deep understanding. Everything is constantly changing: just when it feels like things might get better, they seem to get worse again. The number of kes really scares me. Humans hate uncertainty and want assured answers. But sometimes it feels like there are too many different information flying around. These things make us all live in uneasy emotions.

My Pandemic Experience

2021-06-14 15:54:50 UTC

My experience with distanced learning was not very great. I get distracted very easily and find it hard to concentrate, especially when it comes to school. In a classroom I was able to give my full attention to what was being taught, I was all there. However, when we had the online classes, I could not focus and listen to what my teachers were trying to get across. I got distracted very easily, missing out on important information that was being presented.

My entire family which consists of four members, were all home during the quarantine. I have a sibling who is very loud and demanding, so I’m sure it can be imagined how hard it was for me to concentrate on school and do what was asked of me.

My Pandemic Experience

2021-06-14 17:09:30 UTC

The start of everything was actually easy for me, despite the fact that we need to be stuck at home everyday as I am living with my family when everything started. The time goes by way faster than expected once I get used to it. The only thing that has been a hassle is when our university required us to return to face to face lesson as we are required to have a half online half physical semester. With the uncertainties going on continuously it has been a little burdensome especially for students like me who are from other states. The other thing that has been annoying is that with the going on stress with academics, we are not allowed to go out or hangout with friends to have stress relief moments, causing us to be facing just four walls all day long.

Life during Pandemic

2021-06-14 18:35:50 UTC

Me myself have lost a very good opportunity to go study overseas for a short period because of this pandemic . Of course not only me who loss this chances I bet many people else losses their opportunities as well . This pandemic have taught me to be more appreciate to the things and opportunities we have in our life .

My Experience

2021-06-15 01:32:33 UTC

I’m an introvert and i like staying home. However it started to take a toll on me as i dont go out or see my friends. My college experience so far has also been online. Sometimes getting cooped up in my room for far too long can have its consequences. I tell myself to talk to my friends via video call as much as i can and to take a walk around the house.

My Experience

2021-06-15 13:23:37 UTC

To be honest, the biggest impact to me if this pandemic is that I don't have the chance to dine outside. No meet ups with friends, no relaxing moment in a cozy cafe. It kinda ruined my expectation as a uni student in kl.
I still prefer face to face learning in campus as I will easily get distracted during online learning. Hence, I will have to pay more effort to maintain my academic result.

My experience

2021-06-15 13:30:21 UTC

in this pandemic, me as a student I felt very stressful on the assignment, and sometimes got demotivated by the "prisoned life". Can't go out and meet my friends that we used to release stress together and can't meet my family. These things make me felt my life's so boring at the moment.

My Experience

2021-06-15 13:53:35 UTC

For me there are good and bad. Good in a way I can stay at home with my family and there is more extra time for me to do my own things. Bad as in I don't have a normal uni life, and I think online learning is a bit stress because of the group project, you can't f2f meet your groupmates so sometimes its a bit hard to communicate with each other.

my experience

2021-06-15 14:01:02 UTC

the pandemic has a huge impact on everyone. for me,I had to transfer to another uni after completing my foundation year since it would be easier for me to go to campus for face to face classes. It wasn't easy for me to adapt to new coursemates and lecturers, their styles are just so different. luckily I have some time to play games and watch movies as an escape from these troubling times and oftentimes I have learned from the characters to a better version of myself

My experience towards pandemic

2021-06-15 14:07:08 UTC

The presence of pandemic had the world and lives changed so much since then. Due to that, new noms have been implemented like lockdown, social distancing, activity limitation and so much more to prevent the spread of Covid-19. Somehow, I feel like it’s a punishment to mankind, a lesson that teach us the world is better off with less human activities and the presence of human, like limitation of cars, close down of factories and many more has tremendously helped with the environment. At this very odd situation we are being put in, it reflects clearly on the poor and selfish attitude and behaviour of humankind, example mass buying without considering other’s need especially the old timers, disobeying rules and cause further spreading, decline in economy causing business to run out therefore showing the true self of some people and also proving leaderships of country during the handling of this pandemic. It’s couldn’t agree that this pandemic has been a total disaster but if you look closer into it and realise there is so much more we can learn from it.

My Experience

2021-06-15 14:18:36 UTC

There are so many inconveniences to me.
-Online Class
-Wifi Lag
-Cnnt meet my bf
-Cnnt enjoy my shopping
-Easy fighting with family
-Become lazy (getting fat, fatter, fastest) saddled

My experience

2021-06-15 18:42:57 UTC

During the pandemic, I fell into a depressive state, I wasn’t able to carry out daily tasks normally. My mental health had fluctuated and I was unable to attain a good schedule in my routines. The situation made me vary about my choices and my future. After a year, it feels as though a huge chunk of days from 2020 disappeared from my life. I felt empty and my days reflected this. Right now, I have good people around me that have lifted up my spirits. I am happier and healthier now. I have accepted the change and am working towards making myself better.

My Experience

2021-06-15 23:53:25 UTC

When the pandemic happened in 2020, I was in my last year of diploma. The sudden change of situation of lockdown and e- learning was really hard for me to adapt. Me and my friends rented an apartment so no matter how overwhelming it gets with assignments and deadlines, to be around with my friends actually make things a lot better. We were definitely can balance the time for fun and studies. However, the pandemic upturn all of that and everything has been very difficult. Adapting to a sudden change can be very hard. First time in the whole 3 years of my diploma, the last semester of final year i was at home with my family with no friends around. My classmates were all stay very far, either different districts or states. I’m a very social person and due to this, my depression got worse. Staying home making me depressed as I had no activities to distract myself or to reward myself after studying. My family? They dont make it any better. Once i’m home, i’ll have to do every house chores as everyone depends on me as the only daughter in the house. This stereotypical mindset in my family that women must be in kitchen and prepared food and clean the house is very must present in my household and I hated it ever since. That’s one of the reason why I rent a place just so I can be far from home. My parents were not really aware about the situation, they think I got nothing to do and will always shouting out my name for help when I was having zoom class or doing assignments. My schedule felt really overwhelmed . At one point, I got a breakdown because of this situation and explained to my parents, however I got backlash instead of them being understanding. At this point, I was at suicidal point in my life and they still won’t take me seriously. I got multiple panic attacks and anxiety attack during that period. Instead of being supportive and help me, my parents just addressed me as being “crazy”. Every day I cried in my room and expressed my feelings to my friends but it didn’t do much. I almost dropped out due to this situation but luckily my lecturer was very understanding and supportive and allows me to submit my assignment later and postponed the final exam date. My sleeping schedule was messed up too as I need to do my work after midnight when it’s peaceful because everyone is asleep. Despite all this challenging events, I managed to graduate my diploma. However, the damage has been done, these situations really messed up with my mental health and now I have to go see psychiatrist every now and then to help me get over this. Luckily now my family has become more understanding because of the psychiatrist’s advice and having supportive friends since the beginning is what makes me going.

My experience

2021-06-16 02:04:31 UTC

This pandemic has a huge impact on my life, at first it was fine during 2020 because I'm a home person and I felt so excited to stay in my house however when the lockdown keep on going, everything hits me. I can’t stay in my household for 24 hours and I miss going out with my friends especially when we try to rest from everything that happened to us, however now, I can’t do that. I have to stay at home and even if I’m too stressed or depressed with everything, I just have to cry in my room and pretending to be fine in front of my family. It really is sucks because all I wanna do was crying loudly but I can’t do that because my family can hear me. At the same time, even though with classes and everything, I am still the one that needs to cook and clean my house because for now, I’m staying with my two older sisters. Since they are busy, I am the one need to do house chores but I’m still tired with it because both of my sisters expected me to do everything. When I asked them to do, they will give excuses about how tired they are, like??? Am I not tired? At this point, I feel like I’m more of a maid instead of a sister in this house. It messed up my physical and mental health because I don’t receive enough rest for me. As for online classes, it is really a not for me, because e-learning does not make me want to focus on whatever I was studying especially when some of the subjects are better to teach face to face but unfortunately we still can’t go outside or back to campus. To be real honest, there are so many things that happened to me during this pandemic that makes my mental health more messed up than usual. Back then I always can run away and cry with my friends and tell them, but now, I can’t do that. Now I’m more depressed because of this pandemic but it is what it is.

student and tutor experience

2021-06-16 07:12:44 UTC

Thanks to my uni motivates and devotes me to become here I am. Despite having pandemic going on. I need lift my chin and go on. I have terrible anxiety especially during pandemic. Starting with checking my calendar and set my class and work routine. I don't have much tips but i could say that I am always trying to be positve

My Experience

2021-06-16 13:41:57 UTC

I guess most of us have to attend online classes during this pandemic period.. I am someone who prefers to have f2f classes as I can understand properly and there are more interactions to boost our concentration as well. Well, I guess having enough sleep is very important and do lots of plannings ahead, so you have enough time to complete your task.

Also, take a break when you needed. It is okay to take a short break, do something that you want like have a snack, watch a video, do some workout or play some games. Anything that helps to loosen your mind. Talk to someone when you’re facing troubles or feeling depressed, try not to keep it to yourself. Cheers

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MY EXPERIENCE

2021-06-19 12:55:54 UTC

In the initial days, the lockdown was like mental suffering, because all of a sudden I was confined within the walls of my house and there’s only a limited amount of activities you can do indoors.

Then, through experimentation, I came to the conclusion that to remain sane, I must always keep busy no matter what. So I enrolled in a couple of courses online to up skill myself, learnt different languages and even started doing Yoga. Once I had some sort routine, my day became more productive and fruitful.

So, this was my strategy.

Do not allow your mind to be idle!

MY EXPERIENCE

2021-06-19 12:57:13 UTC

I think I am pretty good ,

Sometimes it does affect as i am sportsperson and i didnt get to play from 4 to 5 months . so I indulged myself into workouts,watching movie and reading.

Empty your mind and thoughts that take you to the different way .

lchianwen — 2021-06-21 11:15:47 UTC

After reading everyone's experiences, I think I faced the same issues as everyone. My routine has changed since the beginning of mco and it's not because of watching tv shows but rushing my assignments instead. Before MCO, we are required to attend physical classes so my sleeping schedule are fixed. But now I'm experiencing of rushing assignments until the dawn and start my day from afternoon.

It's pretty bad and I'm still trying hard to adjust my routine. It's getting a little bit better so I hope I can adjust it back with the tips given. :))