Yara
These times have really taught me
how empowering and sustaining it is
to have connections, and how special
relationships can be.
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It might sound strange, but I feel like I’ve gotten to know less people but on a deeper level.
If there wouldn’t have been a pandemic, I would’ve gone to more parties and gotten to know so many people. But with the restrictions, I’ve gotten to know people who are now my friends, on a one- on- one level. It’s been so enriching. This wouldn't have occurred without the pandemic.
The best thing I got from this year was having a home.
My own place.
I don’t have a place to go back to anymore in Italy. My old room is not there anymore.
So it’s just really nice ; the idea of always having a place to go back to where you belong and that's really, really mine.
I mean obviously we’re renting it, but this is the most stable thing I’ve had.
I got stuck in my room for 15 days and my room did not look like this at all.
I realized then how unhappy I was with the room. It didn’t feel like my own. So after that, I went back home and brought back all the stuff that I had first thought would be useless but that I now notice are super valuable to me.
My little books, notes from friends or all the pictures in the bathroom. I wrote down some of my favorite poetry quotes and invested in some posters of paintings.
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Back at home I had a really small room half underground. I went there to sleep but that was all. Now, having this, it’s more like a small home in a room.
I wanted my room to be stimulating, so that every time I looked around I would be pleasantly surprised and it would make me happy.
