I left three chocolate croissants in my oven as I frantically left my apartment in NYC. And there have been articles about rats . . . So once a day I panic over the rotting croissants in my apartment (where I still have to pay an absorbent amount on rent).
It’s really difficult to stay focused on the material when there are so many other distractions in the house. Also, casual communication with my professor and classmates is almost impossible (everything is a formal email or a video call), and so instead of being exciting the work becomes a slog of trying to do the normal course load digitally. I lose focus so easily. I take notes with a pen and paper specifically so that I don’t have the distractions of my computer, and now I can’t avoid going to class.
My photography professor somehow made COVID work for us. He adapted our final project to be documenting the pandemic and our experiences during this time. That was pretty cathartic for me, even if it was a bit sad.