[Editor’s note: Detours from home is a Rappler column where readers can share about the new things they have been doing while in quarantine. In this essay, an accountancy graduate talks about finding small opportunities in a crisis. You, too, can share your ownIt was around 12 midnight when I learned that our board exam was postponed due to the pandemic. Before hearing the news, I've already been gaining momentum. For months, I’ve been ready to take the exam for the second time around.
It felt like forever – being locked down at the comfort of our home. It brought solace yet the mind always almost wants to wander somewhere, to somewhere and something new. So, to save myself from drowning in grief, I started watching videos on YouTube in pursuit of making the most delicious flavored chicken in our own little town.
I’ve read somewhere that those who drown don’t usually die because of the water but because they panicked. It resonated with me. I realized I just needed to remember how to breathe and swim and not let the large waves of thoughts overwhelm me. As for me, it will not be the grief, the longing, the uncertainties that will kill me but the panic of trying to figure out everything all at once when I can take things one day at a time.
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