Donât Rush... This isnât the End -week 14
We are now in week 3 of social distancing to flatten the curve of impact from COVID-19. Public institutions and offices remain closed, however essential businesses are still allowed to remain open for the safety and benefit of everyone. The threat of COVID-19 and its seriousness is looming more over us as the number of people affected grows. We are now living a new normal. Life as weâve known it has been suspended for a moment and everyoneâs in a rush to get it over with. However, things like this take timeâ especially the good onesâ and at this moment, we have a rare opportunity to reassess, reevaluate and to reinvigorate. Iâve spent my time gathering ideas, information and resources for my grant proposal. I was also able to get a hold of Josie and with her help, I was able to further narrow suggestions for my grant proposal. I must admit that there is a lot of pressure to maintain productivity despite everything being suspended. It most definitely has taken its toll on me having to work from home and still participate in classwork activities as though everythingâs normal. Thereâs an imperative to finish especially since I was supposed to graduate this semester. Since thatâs not happening, as I am sure a lot of other college seniors in similar positions can relate, itâs a bit difficult to remain motivated to continue as though there arenât very serious implications from this pandemic. Nonetheless, I believe in this project, and I intend on doing the work and doing it right. If nothing else, it has become even clearer to me that I am contributing my energy and time, skills and mind to a cause I truly stand behind.
In my talks with Josie paired with the stillness the stay at home order has granted, I realized some things, about society, the constructs and systems weâre so used to and how, if need be, change is possible and can be accomplished, for better or worse. I have developed a new focus, putting this project together will be the summation of my time with Bridge the Gap coalition. It will illustrate what I have learned and how I plan to use what I have gathered from my experiences. I am actually very happy with my proposal despite the current circumstances, I feel no need to rush the rest of the work. As the proposal will not be completed by the deadline I have decided to focus my time on making a power point to show all the work I have done with BTGC.Â















