By Elizabeth Ednie
I feel like every story or piece of news has some tie to COVID, and coming up on the one year mark brings back some sad memories for a lot of people, whether that be losing a job, leaving school or just being isolated from the people they love. But I’m not here to talk about COVID and the effects it’s had on everyone, because we all know that it’s been rough. We need some COVID-free stories in this paper after all, so here we go!
For my third to last opinions piece as the Opinions Editor, I wanted to write about something inspirational and positive and be creative. But in all honesty, it’s the night before “layout night” and I seriously have been thinking about what to write for the past few days and cannot think of anything worthy of an op-ed. And that’s ok. Working two jobs while attending college remotely has taught me a lot, one of them being that I don’t have to have everything under control. I thrive on being organized and staying on top of everything I have going on, which I feel that I am, it’s just bothersome that I could not come up with a topic for this piece.
A new paragraph to me means a new-ish idea to write about. Does anyone else feel the same way? A new topic but sort of on the same page as the entire work of writing. It’s funny because my entire family envies that I can sit down and bust out a paper like it’s no problem, and most of the time I can, but not this time. I mean I obviously have something going since I’m three paragraphs in, right? Rambling usually isn’t my thing, but I guess I’m trying to be a little more casual instead of perfecting an article where I have free range to talk about anything I want.
I think what I’m trying to say here is that we all need to learn how to slow down a little bit and just enjoy the process. Myself included. I have a hard time letting things go and accepting the fact that I cannot control every little thing; like writing a perfect opinion piece in my eyes. I like to have my hand in and being in control of a lot that goes on in my life because I think it gives me a sense of safety and security... if that makes sense. I am the oldest of three, and everyone knows that being the oldest comes with more responsibility and the need to be in control of a lot of things. But for some reason, I was getting frustrated that I could not come up with a cohesive piece for this paper.
I guess I’ve gotten a little deep over the fact that I could not think of something to write about, but I think I did a pretty good job despite the writers’ block. Even something as silly as writers’ block can teach us a lesson. I am so used to sitting down and writing a paper in one or two sittings, but that was not the case today. We can choose to learn something from every situation no matter how big or small and to have a growth mindset instead of a fixed mindset. We can choose to see the positive in everyday life, and despite CO*ID (we aren’t saying her name) we can still choose to see the light in each and every day.
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