“I was always out and about, but being home this past year for long periods of time…”

I also have been spending a lot of me time this whole pandemic. Prior to pandemic, I was always out and about, but being home this -- being home this past year for long periods of time, it kind of let me focus on myself, my mental and physical well-being. I just had a lot of down time to actually focus on me. I quickly realized within like a couple months into the pandemic, that I really enjoy being alone and I prefer being alone and just staying home doing nothing versus going out and about with my friends, family members, and whatnot. So that's something that I've learned about myself. I do think compared to other people, I do think I had a decent pandemic experience. I know a lot of people didn't like the whole idea of staying home this whole entire time. I did ended up losing my job during the whole pandemic, so that was the downside to this whole situation, but I'm trying to make the best of the situation and hopefully I can actually land a job this year.

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“We sat around that fire and one by one we went around and we first listed all the losses…”

Today I'd like to tell you what we did to mark the one year anniversary of the pandemic. So we had a fire in our backyard with two other couples that we've met with throughout this pandemic with fires in our backyard. And right now all six of us have had two of the vaccines, so we're fully vaccinated, but we still met in the backyard. We sat around that fire and one by one we went around and we first listed, we just named all the losses that we've experienced this year. And these are some of the losses that I'll relate to you. One of them was, we lost our cruise to Europe. "I lost," one of the people said, "my retirement. I'm a teacher and this is not the way last year, I had to retire being shut down and I couldn't end with my class the way I would've wanted to." One of the couples there lost a sister in law to death, and have to learn now how to be an aunt and an uncle to their children. One of them, one of the couples said the big loss for them was a ninetieth birthday celebration that they had planned for months for their father, and some of their relatives were even coming who live overseas and they had to scrap the ninetieth birthday celebration. One of them said they lost a hundred year celebration for their church and their Dad who is ninety -- in his nineties was gonna be a central figure in that hundred year celebration, and that had to be scrapped. One of the people said "I didn't realize I was so social." And he was relating how he's lost all these opportunities that he's gotten together with friends and he didn't realize he was so social and missed it. One of the men there said, he's lost ensemble music. He plays a trombone and he's lost playing in many groups. One of the participants said they've lost singing in choir, and one of them said they'd lost they really miss watching sports in person. Okay, so then we went around and we said all the things that we've gained this year or insights that we've had this year. And so here's some of the things that I remember people saying. One of them said nature. They've gone on more walks…

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“There’s so many creations you can build with Magna-Tiles. I don’t think humans even know them all.”

What is an example of something that you have to ask for help with? Um, carrying my huge bin of Magna-Tiles that super duper heavy. Like, I would ask my mom or my dad. Have you e- It's so heavy my br- I don't think my brother can hold it. Why is it so heavy? Because there's tons and tons and tons of Magna-Tiles in it, and then each Magna-Tile weighs like half a pound. Woah, and how many Magna-Tiles do you think you've got? I have like two hundred. Really? Well, I have -- ((or at least)) I have over a hundred. What can you build with Magna-Tiles? All sorts of stuff. There's so many creations you can build with Magna-Tiles. I don't think humans even know them all. What do you like to build? Structures and then put little guys in them and then do something and then the structure always gets destroyed. Or if I really like it I will show it off to my -- show it to my parents and my brother. I've seen you make a lot of spaceships. Yeah I have.

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“You know in a way everyone you meet changes your life.”

Have I ever met someone that changed my life? You know, that’s a tough one. You know in a way everyone you meet changes your life, you know, it's like you have these little connections that can really influence you, I guess, I don't know. It's like that one smile, like you're walking you're feeling upset and you see some random person just say "hello, how are you doing today?" And you say "good" because you're not going to tell a stranger that you’re not good. And they say "oh that's good to hear because you're a human being and you deserve happiness." Which I don't think many people are going to say that because we're people, but if that happens you don't technically like you haven't actually met the person but that's gonna stay with you. The next time you're upset you're going to say no this random person didn't know a thing about me and they said I'm important, so heck yeah I'm important, yay. I don't know maybe I got a little too philosophical for my own good.

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