[New School] Regrets and redemption: Notes of a pandemic-time, graduating college senior

I have always been a fast walker — sparing no patience for people who block school corridors by taking their sweet time. Whenever I’d run into big groups of people obstructing my path, I’d quietly groan and mumble a quick, “Excuse me,” as I prepared to overtake them. I’d even walk ahead of my friends when they couldn’t match my pace while en route to our next class.

To distract myself from the uncertainty of being able to fulfill my dream college experience, I ended up dedicating all my time to my academics. I studied, studied, and studied – ignoring my upperclassmen’s advice to join student organizations. While I had stellar grades, though, there was still a numbness I struggled to rid myself of. So, in my junior year in 2021, I joined my first-ever student organization as a sports writer for the student publication.

Despite my past intolerance for traffic jams along the narrow hallways in school, I started walking slowly on campus to bask in the scenery I had taken for granted. I even went from always taking the shortest paths to now walking the longest routes I could. Show up more often. Take your friends up on their offers to watch UAAP games — even for sports you know nothing about. Accept those hangout invites you’ve gotten so used to turning down for the sake of your academics.

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