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Prompt: How have your thoughts about the future (immediate or distant) changed? My plans of the future have changed a lot. Maybe not so much the distant future, but my plans for the next year or two have changed completely. My plans for having a relaxing and social summer may not come into action. I may not be able to work over the summer. I may have to start my senior year of high school online. I may not be able to return to school at all. I used to dread going to school and dream for school to be canceled, but staying home all day is not as fun as I thought. Online school is stressful and it changed my thoughts about school and going to school in the future. My life after high school may also be affected. I may not be able to take the ACT another time, take part in as many extracurriculars, or play sports. Although these changes seem bad they could change my future for the better. College acceptance for the class of 2025 may be easier than in past years, and I may have the oppor

Prompt: How have your thoughts toward school changed? I have absolutely no motivation to do school. My schedule consists of laying in my bed for six hours and eating. Now that I don’t have to leave my house I just sit on my couch all day and do nothing even though I have assignments due. When I used to spend seven hours a day at school I would work hard because I was in an environment that isn’t built on household comforts. But when I’m at home and I am comfortable I can do literally anything except for complete schoolwork. It’s like Newton’s first law. An object in motion stays in motion while an object at rest tends to stay at rest. When I’m really working hard then I have no problem resisting temptations and completing thorough work. But when I’m relaxed and comfortable I absolutely cannot go back to doing work. It is a very unhealthy balance especially because once one or two weeks pass I have nothing turned in. Then I have to scramble to finish an absurd amount of work in a li

Prompt: How are you feeling about spring? I have always liked spring a lot because it means that the weather will be getting nicer and the days will start to get longer. Spring is my second favorite season because the weather is absolutely perfect. It’s warm but not too hot and not too cold. But this year spring is different. I am not able to hang out with my friends on the weekends or take advantage of the nice weather. I do go out for a daily walk in the nice weather but I don’t get to really enjoy it. I also look forward to spring because it means that school is ending soon and summer is approaching. I feel completely different about fall. Fall is my absolute least favorite season. The weather is getting worse and it's literally four degrees outside. I can deal with cold weather if there is snow—which is why I like winter—but there is no snow in fall. Also pumpkin flavored things are not that good. I do like pumpkin donuts because they make me feel warm, but otherwise I don’t

Prompt: What was the best thing you ate today? Are you and your family eating different kinds of food? Are you purposely eating “old favorites”? The best thing I ate today was an omelette. Breakfast is one of my favorite meals to cook and typically I like to make omelettes. To start, I took two eggs and separated the whites from the yolks and placed them in two different bowls. Then, I took my hand mixer and whipped my egg whites until stiff peaks formed—this makes the omelet super light and fluffy. Then I took my separate yolks and beat them, with my hand mixer, until they were smooth. I poured my yolk mixture into my egg whites and gently folded the egg whites over the yolks until combined. I put my stove on low heat and put half a tablespoon of butter in a pan. Once the butter melted, I put a handle full of bacon bits into the pan and cooked them until they were crispy. When finished, I added my bacon to the bowl and folded them into my egg mixture. Then, I put another half tabl

Prompt: What did you do for fun today? Today I read a book. Usually, I would not have thought to read on a long break like this, but I found myself really interested in books a few weeks into quarantine. It all started when my brother walked into the kitchen one morning three weeks ago. He put down a copy of J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone . He told me it was a really quick read and that I should read it as well. So, after my brother finished the book, I picked it up and sat down in the living room and started to read it. I remembered once trying to read the book in third grade and not being able to finish the first page, but this time I found extraordinary interesting. I quickly zoomed through the book in two days and asked my brother if I could read the second book in the series, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets . Of course he was still in the middle of it, but once he finished he passed the book down to me so I could read it. Again, I read it in two

Prompt: What does your neighborhood look like? Are people walking around? My neighborhood has always been quiet. There aren’t many families with young children, most of them are grown. I never usually see children running around the cul de sac on Saturday afternoons or selling lemonade on the side of the sidewalk, instead people walk their dogs and park their cars on the side of the road. But in these few days, my neighborhood has been completely bare. I haven’t seen a single dog walker, jogger, or occasional biker. When I went out to help my mom bring in groceries, I didn't see a single car on the street. It’s so quiet. I haven’t left my house since Sunday when my brother and I went to get ice cream at the ice cream shop across the street from my house. Nobody was sitting in the ice cream shop, the only person there was the manager and all the chairs were stacked in the corner. When we got our ice cream we had to walk home before we could enjoy our desserts. I had plans