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My 30 Things To Do By 30: Update

Can you believe that 3 years have passed since I made My 30 Things To Do By 30 list? Can you also believe that the 23 year old that started this blog is now officially “in her thirties”… or does that start when I’m 31? Anyway, life definitely comes at you fast and keeps going whether you’re ready for it or not. Since writing that post, I have learned so much about myself and made some life-changing decisions. I have also had some amazing times and some pretty awful ones, but that’s life right? As time goes and we grow, many things change including our wants and needs. I didn’t accomplish everything on my list and I am fine with that. Some of the things I don’t even care for anymore, while others I definitely do want to work towards in these next years, like fluently speaking another language, visiting Japan, and making travel photo albums.

Here is an update on everything that I checked off my list:

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5 Things I’ve Learned Since Working From Home

March 19th, life as I knew it, changed. My employer sent my team and I home to officially start the Work From Home process. Two months later, we’re still here and I’m not sure when we will return to office. Throughout these months, I’ve experienced highs and lows. Having to deal with bursts of productivity, then none at all, struggling to keep a sleep routine, having random video calls and meetings, waking up to messages about assignments due the same day and the list goes on. All while, constantly being reminded that the world is in a pandemic. A few Fridays ago, I was having a really off day. The feeling just came out of no where and coincidentally, I found myself hungry. But instead of going right into the kitchen to look for food, I kept saying, “No, Derencia, you have to finish this first before you can eat.” I literally, prioritized my job, before my basic human needs. It was only after speaking with one of my friends and she said, “You’re not simply working from home, you’re working THROUGH a pandemic”, I realized that I had to get myself together.

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My After Quarantine List

I have been putting this off for as long as I could. I just didn’t want anything Corona related on my blog. However, I realized that this is something that we are all facing and I’m in a better space to actually talk about it now. A few weeks ago, I was in a rut and just couldn’t make sense of any of this. Everyday, I caught myself in a “I can’t believe this is real life” game. I sympathize with the people this is affecting the most. The persons with underlying conditions, the elderly, the ones in unfortunate living conditions, the essential workers and the people who were already living paycheck to paycheck and now don’t know where their money is coming from. We are all living in this pandemic and a little compassion and grace, can go a long way.

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