Increasingly they were spending their time away from me at school, with friends, and in the many time-intensive activities that make up teenage lives. I know.Īt the time, it was hitting me that my daughter starts high school in the fall, and my son will be a senior. Get this: A couple of months ago, I quit my job in order to be home more. Here’s how Mary Laura Philpott begins her essay, “ This Togetherness Is Temporary,” about being quarantined with her teenage children: If you’re so inspired, try writing about one of your experiences in a personal narrative essay. And if writing isn’t working for you right now, try a visual, audio or video diary instead.Īs you write in your journal, you’ll probably find that your life during the pandemic is full of stories, whether serious or funny, angry or sad. You can write in your journal every day or as often as you like. We post a new one every school day, many of them now related to life during the coronavirus. What changes, big or small, are you noticing in the world around you?įor more ideas, see our writing prompts. What effect has this crisis had on your own mental and emotional health?
How has the virus disrupted your daily life? What are you missing? School, sports, competitions, extracurricular activities, social plans, vacations or anything else? If you need more inspiration, here are a few writing prompts to get you started: Nierenberg’s article to find out what others around the world are recording. Not sure what to write about? Read the rest of Ms. You can keep your own journal, recording your thoughts, questions, concerns and experiences of living through the coronavirus pandemic. “They’re among the best evidence we have of people’s inner worlds.”
“Diaries and correspondences are a gold standard,” said Jane Kamensky, a professor of American History at Harvard University and the faculty director of the Schlesinger Library at the Radcliffe Institute. When future historians look to write the story of life during coronavirus, these first-person accounts may prove useful. “You can say anything you want, no matter what, and nobody can judge you,” Ady said in a phone interview earlier this month, speaking about her diary. Taken together, the pages tell the story of an anxious, claustrophobic world on pause.
Their diaries are told in words and pictures: pantry inventories, window views, questions about the future, concerns about the present. Nierenberg writes:Īs the coronavirus continues to spread and confine people largely to their homes, many are filling pages with their experiences of living through a pandemic. In “ The Quarantine Diaries,” Amelia Nierenberg spoke to Ady, an 8-year-old in the Bay Area who is keeping a diary.
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