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Tynymgul Eshieva
Letters from 2020
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3 min readDec 17, 2020

What it is like to live in 2020? ๐Ÿ”Ž

Have a little time travel for yourself ๐Ÿ”™

First of all โ˜, that is a hard question to ask from anyone, especially if you are asking a person, who was in his/her ๐ŸŽ† 20s ๐ŸŽ† , plus was studying at University ๐ŸŽ“. You might think that it is unfair to say so and there are people who suffered more and were the least lucky (sorry in advance ๐Ÿ˜ญ ๐Ÿ˜ญ ๐Ÿ˜ญ ๐Ÿ˜ญ).

To understand my thoughts written below you have to try to imagine that the same things are happening to you ๐Ÿง. I assure you, it is a hard text to read (at least for meeeee, sorry again๐Ÿ˜Ÿ).

Why? ๐Ÿคท

Let me explain to you, sit down and read carefully! ๐Ÿ‘Š

Imagine that you just started studying at university ๐Ÿ˜ป, and every God-given day is great, because for several reasons: you are young ๐Ÿ˜Š, you have a lot of energy to do hundreds of things ๐Ÿ’ช ๐Ÿ’ช ๐Ÿ’ช just in one day, you have your new friends around to make a huge amount of great memories together ๐Ÿ˜Ž ๐Ÿ˜ฑ ๐ŸคŸ ๐Ÿ’ ๐Ÿคฉ โ€ฆ ๐Ÿคจ BUT!

Guess what? ๐Ÿ˜ถ๐Ÿ˜ถ๐Ÿ˜ถ๐Ÿ˜ถ๐Ÿ˜ถ๐Ÿ˜ถ

๐Ÿ˜ท๐Ÿ˜ท๐Ÿ˜ท๐Ÿ˜ท๐Ÿ˜ท๐Ÿ˜ท๐Ÿ˜ท๐Ÿ˜ท๐Ÿ˜ท COVID-19 ๐Ÿ˜ท๐Ÿ˜ท๐Ÿ˜ท๐Ÿ˜ท๐Ÿ˜ท๐Ÿ˜ท๐Ÿ˜ท๐Ÿ˜ท

๐ŸŒŽ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŽ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŽ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŽ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŽ

All the stars in the universe and all the planets in all other universes and galaxies converged that, so exactly in my life (and other 7 billion peopleโ€™s lives, pardon me) there happened a huge crisis

๐ŸŒŽ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŽ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŽ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŽ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŽ

I meeeeean ๐Ÿฅบ

WHY NOW? WHY EXACTLY NOW? WHY WITH ME? ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ

When everything was going great you are forced to go home ๐Ÿ˜๏ธand live with your parents ๐Ÿ‘ด๐Ÿ‘ต when you just learned to be independent๐Ÿ’ช and started liking an adult life๐Ÿ’–

(after tones of failures and personal financial crisisโŒ๐Ÿ’ฐโŒ

, some days having only one bun for breakfast, lunch, and dinner๐Ÿฅฏ). So, thatโ€™s the situation we had in March of 2020 ๐ŸŒŽ. Well, thank god that at least our stomachs had a rebo(u)rn like a phoenix ๐Ÿฆafter our different experiments with food that ended badly ๐Ÿคข๐Ÿคฎ๐Ÿค’โ€ฆ..(mom, if you accidentally come across this piece of paper ๐Ÿ˜ถ, I learned my lesson โ€” healthy died is must! ๐Ÿ˜… )

The last three months we studied online๐Ÿ’ป, and the next three months of summer with a total laziness and staring all day at smartphone ๐Ÿ“ฒ๐Ÿฆฅzzz (that God that it is the 20th century and we have internet, because it could be impossible to survive if we lived in medieval times ๐Ÿ™Œ).

Actually, all the negative thoughts ended after we finished studying in may. I just have a memory like I was living in hell at the beginning of quarantine. I guess, everyone remembers it as a rough time, but day after day one โœจMAGICALโœจ

thing happens to you and finds place in the heart โ€” an appreciation๐Ÿงก.

๐Ÿ˜ŠYou thank god for food, water, the sun, air, and your health, and you remember that every second of your life. In a world full of (even built) of negative energy, you find a tiny, but powerful piece of love inside of you. It grows and makes you think deeper about everything (literally everything), and not just your stomach this time, but all of you REBORN: with your thoughts, heart, mind, and soul. ๐Ÿ˜Š

You do not complain any more โ€” you accept and appreciate. Like never before.

So, shortlyโ€ฆ What was 2020 like?

๐ŸŽ“๐ŸŽ“๐ŸŽ“๐ŸŽ“๐ŸŽ“Like the most important LESSON๐ŸŽ“๐ŸŽ“๐ŸŽ“๐ŸŽ“๐ŸŽ“

(and now when we wish for someoneโ€™s birthday strong health โ€” we mean it).

LOVE, PIECE AND SMILES,

Nuray โ˜บ

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