Rebirth
By: Allie Sandoval
Tags: New Year Resolution, 2021, Joy, Covid 19, Motivation

Hey hey hey, what’s everybody up to, how’s everybody doing? I hope life has been nice to you and things are starting to look up. I feel like I kind of fell off the face of the earth for a while. I haven’t completely felt like myself for a long time. As everyone probably knows by now, it’s been an incredibly difficult year to bear.

This is just my take on Covid 19 and how it’s affected me. I haven’t had the Coronavirus but it completely transformed and changed the way that I was living my life. Who knew that February 2020 would be the month that forced me to change my life. I went from being involved in almost every activity in school to sitting in my bedroom nearly everyday for the next 10 months. I’m not saying this to be a drag or anything, this is just what happend. Looking back now too, there are probably things I could’ve done to help myself like getting a job or something. It just didn’t seem like anything was possible because the whole world shut down for a few months.

Thinking back now too, I was trying desperately to keep myself busy and be productive. After announcing that we would never go back to high school, I threw a virtual prom for my school in hopes of making things feel somewhat normal but nothing has been this year lol. I was also making meals for the homeless and bringing it down to my old high school in order to help people less fortunate than me. Covid really brought me down but my motto was to shine my light even when things got incredibly difficult.

It was a hard ending and for some reason, I’m still having trouble letting go, but living in the past is not helping anything.

College is a different experience during Covid as well. It’s been sort of a bummer because nothing is normal at all. I’ve done everything in my power to meet new people and be involved but it’s the hardest thing you guys. It’s incredibly difficult when they take away all opportunities to meet others and take away the fun in almost everything but I get it. Health concerns.

I’ve had some ridiculously difficult days during this virus. I’ve had to let go and sacrifice a lot of things during this era in time. I don’t want to stay in the dumps though and 2021 is just right around the corner. I’ve learned so much in a year that I thought would never end. I’ve learned more than I would’ve ever learned if there never was a virus. I’m tired of sitting in this room, however, I’m probably gonna have to sit in this room a little while longer. 2021 is going to be the year that I radiate love. After a challenging and devastating year like 2020, I think what we need now are people who are willing to love and radiate even after something so difficult.

After a lot of time in my room, I’ve been able to experiment and learn a lot in many different areas of my life. I’ve learned that I’m going to be alone a lot and I’ve had to realize that it’s okay to be alone and it can be scary at times but there are others out there doing things alone too. I’ve learned that being grateful is more imporant than ever. I’ve learned that manifesting does actually work and all it takes is you setting goals and putting your goals out into the universe and you putting in the work to make things happen. 2021 is the year to make a difference. I want 2021 to be a year of transformation. Improvement. Growth. Success.

2020 was a year of overcoming. A year of adapting. A year of learning.

For anyone reading this, I hope that you set goals and achieve them this year. I hope you see yourself growing, changing, and transforming into someone that you only dreamed of. I hope you learn to love yourself and become satisfied with who you were created to be. You deserve the world and I’m out here rooting for you. Be strong this year. Go full send in everything you do. Step out of your comfort zone. Be willing to risk it all. Be grateful and love what you do and the people around you. Surround yourself with people you want to be like. Don’t overthink and just do what your heart is telling you to do.

2021 is yours.