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I think I can speak /thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/bad_year/for everyone when I say that this year was one o/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/bad_year/f the worst years to ever happen to us. O/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/bad_year/f course, it鈥檚 sel/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/bad_year/f-explanatory, I do not need to rehash every single aw/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/bad_year/ful thing that happened nor do I need to give a breakdown o/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/bad_year/f each terrible event in chronological order. Collectively, we all shared a horrible 2020 and I am con/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/bad_year/fident to say that no one would agree that this year was 鈥済ood鈥�. I, /thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/bad_year/for one, can say that I went through a lot o/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/bad_year/f lows. For months at a time this year, I caught mysel/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/bad_year/f in some o/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/bad_year/f the worst depressive states, where it was extremely di/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/bad_year/f/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/bad_year/ficult to get out o/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/bad_year/f bed . 听 While I /thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/bad_year/felt glued to my bed, my place o/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/bad_year/f com/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/bad_year/fort, I came to a realization about a lot o/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/bad_year/f things: the good, the bad, and the ugly o/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/bad_year/f this pandemic.听

鈥� 听Be/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/bad_year/fore I get into the bad and the ugly, let me start o/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/bad_year/f by saying that we all 听went through the same year , but听 it a/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/bad_year/f/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/bad_year/fected each o/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/bad_year/f us di/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/bad_year/f/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/bad_year/ferently.听 Many people lost their loved ones, t his virus听 took 听the lives o/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/bad_year/f 1.5听 million people. 听 (CDC, 2020).听 Also, many individuals were unable to say a /thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/bad_year/final goodbye to their loved ones听 burd en ed with the deadly virus due to overcrowding in hospitals, mandates but on traveling, and o/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/bad_year/f course, strict sa/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/bad_year/fety precautions. And to make matters completely worse ,听 we didn鈥檛 join hands to come together when we needed it the most. This year was the most polarizing year that caused a massive divide between us. We all 听saw a side o/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/bad_year/f how repulsive听 and sel/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/bad_year/fish听 human behavior听 can be . Obviously, /thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/bad_year/for many o/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/bad_year/f us, this isn鈥檛 news, we have known this.听 But this year really highlighted the bad in people. We saw how sel/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/bad_year/fish听 those 听were acting during the beginning 听( and听 even听 recently ) o/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/bad_year/f this widespread disease. Remember the anti-mask protesting and rallies? These protests heavily upset many people, including mysel/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/bad_year/f because the sel/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/bad_year/fishness o/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/bad_year/f humankind has gotten out o/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/bad_year/f hand. How pathetic and depressing it was to witness grown adults whining about having to wear a piece o/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/bad_year/f cloth around their nose and mouth to protect not only themselves, but others around them. It was the lack common decency this year that made me lose hope in humanity and spiraled me into a long, deep depression. Speaking o/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/bad_year/f protesting, another thing that this year brought was Black Lives Matter protesting, that originally started in 2013 (Herstory, 2019). This brought out the ugly in a LOT o/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/bad_year/f people and I鈥檓 talking about those who were against this protesting and claiming that All Lives Matter. These o/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/bad_year/f course were the same people who were protesting wearing masks; it was a trend to see the Anti-maskers were also Anti-BLM.听

I have to say that I am upset with mysel/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/bad_year/f. I allowed th e behavior 听 o/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/bad_year/f others听 really get to me and add to my depression.听 So, you must be wondering and asking a/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/bad_year/fter all reading all o/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/bad_year/f this: What was听 good听 about this year? What I am about to say next is solely based on my own personal experiences and ways o/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/bad_year/f coping, so granted, it may not work /thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/bad_year/for everyone, but I thought to at least share what worked /thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/bad_year/for me. The /thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/bad_year/first hal/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/bad_year/f o/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/bad_year/f this year came with a lot o/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/bad_year/f let downs, losses, and lows. I spent most o/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/bad_year/f my time sulking in isolation, so I was not able to realize that there were actually positives to all o/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/bad_year/f this. The most important positive was having more time on my hands and taking advantage o/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/bad_year/f doing what I enjoy doing. It took me an entire year,听 but I /thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/bad_year/finally realized this. O/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/bad_year/f course, be/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/bad_year/fore , 听I could not see that because my depression was听 /thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/bad_year/fogging any sort o/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/bad_year/f clarity .听

How did the /thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/bad_year/fog li/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/bad_year/ft? I got help. I went to therapy and it was extremely help/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/bad_year/ful. I started journaling again, writing and drawing what I /thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/bad_year/felt. I reached out to loved ones and /thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/bad_year/friends; they helped me expand my appreciation /thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/bad_year/for li/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/bad_year/fe, the beauty o/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/bad_year/f living, and ability to spread love, kindness, and empathy.听

I am sincerely sorry to those who lost a loved one this year under any o/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/bad_year/f the circumstances. I am sincerely sorry to those who /thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/bad_year/felt more oppressed and ashamed than ever. We cannot control what happens around us which sucks. It really, really sucks. And that鈥檚 just simply the bad and the ugly o/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/bad_year/f li/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/bad_year/fe. But the good news is that we can control how we move /thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/bad_year/forward. We can learn accept the things we cannot change (the bad and the ugly) and celebrate the good.听

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Works Cited

鈥淗erstory.鈥澨� Black Lives Matter , 7 Sept. 2019, blacklivesmatter.com/herstory/.听

鈥淧rovisional Death Counts /thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/bad_year/for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).鈥澨� Centers /thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/bad_year/for Disease Control and Prevention , Centers /thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/bad_year/for Disease Control and Prevention, 7 Dec. 2020, www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid19/index.htm.