(EN) Ásta from Iceland adapts to change

Published: April 17, 2020, 8 a.m.

Hello! When the COVID crisis came around, I was and I am still doing a one-year-masters-programme in England. As I am originally from Iceland, and my family is there, I decided to go there for some time. This crisis affected me in some ways - there is, of course, some uncertainties. I was quite lucky with my course, that we didn't have many things that still had to be cancelled. We had finished our lectures for example and had only one exam coming up. I do realise there is a lot of people in difficult situations in challenging circumstances, my thoughts are of course with the people suffering mentally and physically. But I also think that everyone can realise and think that we are allowed to grieve and think of the losses that we each individually have to face. Because everyone has in whatever circumstances they were when this came around, to face some loss, change, adaptations, something that they did not choose, something that is completely out of our control most of the time. I myself am keeping myself calm and coping with this mostly by mostly trying to set up some routines, trying to do the works I am supposed to be doing, I set up lists of things that I have to do, and things I want to do. I go out of the house every day and try to do some exercises and fun things as well, not to get stuck in news and things going around.