Item

Wearing Me Out

Title (Dublin Core)

Wearing Me Out

Description (Dublin Core)

I am a contrarian. When the culture seems to be telling me to go outside and enjoy the sunshine and beaches (I'm on the coast of Florida) I always did the opposite. I was a shut-in for my entire life and had always disliked being adventurous, open, courageous. Probably, I was just anxious and scared. I was just beginning to open up at the beginning of the year and when COVID became the prime news and media and the culture seemed to flip and become about isolation and shutting-in... I snapped. I said no, I won't. I won't stay inside any longer. I won't isolate myself from others. I started taking better care of myself, doing yoga on the beach, watching my diet, working out daily, threw out half my wardrobe, and bought these boots. I put myself out there and met many people that changed my life for the better. I am now adventurous, courageous, forthcoming, and open to new people and experiences and, in my opinion, it is all thanks to the quarantine and shut-down. I did contract COVID and did isolate with my family who all also caught it (my mother brought it home from work, where they all wear masks). These boots carried me through this year and have made me feel confident in myself and what I can do for the first time in a long time.

Date (Dublin Core)

January 24, 2021

Creator (Dublin Core)

Rainer

Contributor (Dublin Core)

Rainer

Type (Dublin Core)

Photograph
Text story

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Clothing & Accessories
English Home & Family Life
English Emotion
English Social Distance
English Health & Wellness

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

Florida
boot
test
COVID-19
isolation
mother
beach

Collection (Dublin Core)

English Mental Health

Linked Data (Dublin Core)

Oaks Christian Middle School Consent

Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

01/24/2021

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

01/27/2021
02/13/2021
02/27/2021

Date Created (Dublin Core)

01/24/2021

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Covid 19

This item was submitted on January 24, 2021 by Rainer Ritter using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: https://www.covid-19archive.org/s/archive

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