New Habits and Practices · Carleton Students From Afar

From learning new instruments to writing in daily journals, students developed various new practices and habits to help adjust to their new realities.

Keyra English '22 (she/her/hers) kept herself busy mixing art with cost-efficient fashion by making lipstick from crayons.

Mashnoon Ibtesum '21 (He/Him/His) spent the extra time the remote term gave him working on his art.

Dima Rentel '22 (He/Him/His) talks about how he is already dropping and losing motivation for the habits he picked up at the beginning of the pandemic and how for him having people to share activities with is what makes them worthwhile.

"I’ve been cooking a lot, as I have a lot of time, not much else to do, and because I’m immunocompromised I’m trying to avoid all public places as much as possible."

- Maya Rogers '22 (She/Her/Hers)

Maya Rogers '22 (She/Her/Hers) kept herself busy with the extra time and talks about using hobbies, particularly cooking, as a way to have some control in her life.

Skyelar Ginsberg '20 (she/her/hers) talks about some of the positive and negative hobbies she picked up during her quarantine.

"I have been doing many projects during quarantine to keep myself busy. Pictured here - dried herbs from our garden!"

-Skyelar Ginsberg '20 (She/Her/Hers)

Indigo Bistrup-Peterson '23 (She/Her/Hers) talks about how she's been trying to manage her new environment.

Gray Harrison '21 (She/Her/Hers) talks about waking up to see the sunrise.

Without the variety of places to go she would normally have on campus, Isla Skinner '22 (She/Her/Hers) prioritized not going in her bed other than to sleep to ensure there was no anxiety tied to it.

Gaby Lazo '23 (She/Her/Hers) used her sister to help keep her accountable while she was at home.

Nicole Collins '20 (She/Her/Hers) adopted a daily morning facetime call with a friend in order to keep some normalcy in her life and to maintain some casual interaction.

As a history major, Grace Brindle '21 (She/Her/Hers) felt it was important to journal and ended up finding the reflection helpful.

Dariuis Goodman '23 (He/Him/His) talks about his employment at a grocery store.

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