Who would have thought that something as big as a global pandemic would be what makes me get my sh*t together? LOL
When COVID-19 started to come around, we all thought it was a joke and went about our normal lives. Then it was a labeled as a pandemic and the whole world went ape-sh*t. Everyone's lives were turned upside down. And for a while, I gave into that negativity and pessimism. I believed that everything was taken away from me and I was completely lost. I didn't know what to do with myself. But when something like this hits you and well, the whole world, you just have to grab a bull by the horns and make the best out of a bad situation.
As a student in undergrad, trying to go to grad school, PT school specifically, I thought it was all over. I wasn't able to get my shadowing hours because of everything being socially distanced/closed. Even the trip abroad I had to get 60 out of the 100 shadowing hours I need got cancelled! And the facebook group I'm in for pre-PT kids thought the same thing, "WHAT NOW???" And this is how I answered that question.
As a pre-PT kid, I have many different items to check off my list before applying to schools. It's not just about shadowing hours. So, in light of not being able to leave my house, I decided three things that I could do without having to leave the house. I was going to get the grades for the rest of the semester that I needed, I was going to enroll in a personal trainer certification class, and I was going to start studying for the GRE (the entrance exam for PT school). And I did just that. I got a 3.9 GPA for Spring 2020, the highest GPA in my undergrad career so far, I am a couple weeks away from being certified as a personal trainer, and I have begun my GRE studies that I plan to continue throughout the summer. Now, what about my abroad trip that was covering shadowing hours?
By the time that trip got cancelled it was too late to register for summer II classes. But I already had that whole month off from work so I decided to make the most of it. I'm going to stay with my brother in Reno, Nevada, we're going to study for the GRE together, and I am making up the shadowing hours that I am missing out on from the trip and then some!
In the midst of all of this, I have started a workout program for myself that is effective and fits into my schedule well. I'm a month in and can already tell a difference in my attitude and my body. I can't wait to be certified to help other people do the same in just a couple of weeks!
The best saying I've heard is the one above, "They say if you want to make God laugh, tell him all your plans." See, we can plan for things all we want but there's no telling what might change or get in the way; you know, like a freaking GLOBAL PANDEMIC. Which reminds me of another quote that my family and I love to repeat; it's one from Disney's A Bug's Life, "There's a leaf what do we do?!" Um...Go around???
There's always a way around the things that get in the way of your plans, you just have to be willing to find them.
I never would have imagined that the happiest I would be, would be during a global pandemic when I can only go to work, the grocery store, and home. And yet, here I am. And you can be too, you just gotta find your way around the leaf ;)
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