Summertime Summertime Sadness...!!!

Do you often look at other's Instagram stories and feel wow they are living - the LIFE...!!! Often think how can they do those things, that you have wanted to do so much, EAT, TRAVEL, ENJOY...!!! Why am I the one with no money or time??? Well, you are not the only one, beleive me all of us feel that some way or the other, some day or the other...!!!! We are all on the same boat... duh...!!! It is an overwhelming feeling, makes you think, what are you doing with your life? Being a student further extentuates the situation...!!! A lot of people would say, cut off from social media, as easy as it sounds we all know how difficult it is...!!! The amount of self control that takes, I for one don't have it...!!! This one time I uninstalled all social media, but then its easier said than done, The seven days social media detox, barely lasted 3 days...!!! And a little bit of me always wanted to check on it...!!! Needless to say I was working more hours, to do the same. It was my motivation to work part time, so that I could travel too...!!! Haha we are in this endless loop, where we need to be occupied with something or the other...!!! So. I did some small things to make me happy.. ooi 1. First things first, It always helps me to free up my mind,is find new joy at work...!!!! Make that GIF, of the mundane day to day things you do...!!! I decided as a food technologist why not make some fun pictures for everyday products I work with just like some tomatoes I evaluate on the line...!!! Something to remember, something Fun...!!!

2. Introduce a new thing in your schedule, like watch sunsets from your house, drink tea with your housemates in the evening...!!! Make yourself a good Sunday brunch/breakfast...!!! We all miss the comfort of our homes, so instead of that much craved Takeaway Pizza, or the fries next door, making your own good meal, can be more satisfying and also like the Dutch people say : Save money....!!!

3. Find that part time job, as a student, the wonders it has is well just WOW...!!! It is at times difficult with your schedule, or if you just moved to a new country where you don't speak the local language, or the legal procedures, and tend to so many deadlines it seems impossible. In the beginning, It was indeed difficult, I had no time. But later I am glad that I found a part time job next to my full time internship, without having to speak the local language...!!! But, I loved that being a student I could afford to work few extra hours, to have enough money for my weekend trips....!!! So at the end of all that Pain is some GAIN... :D

4. Last but not the least, try a different way to go to school, work, see that flower blooming, doodle the things you like, or play that song and have a Dance off, as we know how difficult it is to travel, or order that comfort food, watch that show you have watched a thousand times over.. Bleh.... Find happiness in little things they say...!!!

These are some things that I did during pandemic, It is a difficult period for everyone and I was lucky that I could do things in the safest way possible...!!! ~Bongbong