Introduction
Good Evening! Michigan has been in lockdown for roughly a month and a half and I am feeling restless. Each day has been more of the same: wake up, get dressed, apply for jobs, change into workout clothes, go for a walk, eat dinner, go to bed. That is essentially my daily schedule. A year ago I was a graduate student and worked 40+ hours a week. Like everyone else, COVID-19 has changed nearly every aspect of my life. I voluntarily left my job in Illinois and moved home to Michigan at the beginning of February - which had been a dream of mine for almost eight years. There was a time where I wanted to stay in Illinois, but I ended up being too homesick. Do I regret the move? There's always going to be some doubt, but the truth is that I'm happy to be home. Had COVID-19 locked down the country before I left Illinois, it would have been emotionally harder on me. I graduated with a master's degree in Health Sciences, with a concentration in public health, last May. I loved m...