Is it too cliché of me to write about the pandemic and its effects? Probably. But I’m going to hop on the overused bandwagon and do it anyway.
Lockdown was a challenge for everyone; people struggled with a whole range of effects - their mental health, their sense of purpose, their trouser buttons. I personally hated the lack of structure to my day. This is from a woman who once said to her family on holiday; ‘We’ll eat this and then (looks at her watch) when the bell goes, we’ll move on’. So, we’ve all had our issues but we’re back now and it’s more important than ever to savour our time together and keep positive.
I know a lot of you are worrying about the future and that’s why we have to sometimes live in the moment; say yes rather than no, leap forward instead of stepping back, eat a banana when challenged. I’d like all Sixth Formers to seize any opportunity that comes their way as the only thing we can predict at the moment is unpredictability and if you need proof of that - who’d have guessed that people would lose faith in that lovely man, Donald Trump; that Dominic Cummings would turn out to be a baddy after all and that I’m A Celebrity would be relocated to Wales?!
What this global crisis has taught us all is that life’s too short, every cloud has a silver lining and that thankfully, there’s a cliché for every occasion!