Project 31

Day 31: Reflections on the End

Alas, day 31. I’ve made it (mostly) through this challenge. I think I might have missed two days, but we’re here.

How was the experience?

• First 10 days: It was a good opportunity to get my floating thoughts down onto paper…

Day 30: Lockdown

The wind picks up the leaves, carrying it across the quiet, eerie streets. The streets used to be filled with people — people with their ambitions, walking around heavy with dreams on their shoulders. But with the lockdown order, freedom is a privilege no longer granted.

Day 29: El Hoyo

A feast. A decadent, scrumptious meal intricately prepared and laid out. Level 0.

The platform lowers one level at a time, and prisoners one each level have a limited amount of time to feast as the platform makes a momentary pause. If everyone only ate what they needed to…

Day 28: What does virtual education mean?

The coronavirus is impacting the world’s education systems. Schools are being forced to go virtual, bringing into question the preparedness of not only educators, but also students, and school administrators. The pandemic not only reinforces the digital…

Day 26: Survival of the Fittest

Evolution and survival of the fittest. The coronavirus is a mechanism to “clean” the earth — the rivers, the air, the beach. Humans have been overusing and abusing earth’s natural resources, and it seems Covid-19 is doing a lot of curb environmental degradation.

Day 24: Safety

What does it mean to be safe? Physical safety, psychological safety?

And what are the different kinds of threats? Perceived threats, real threats, future threats?

And what does healthy encompass? I would argue physical health, emotional health, and…

Day 23: El pasado, el futuro.

¿Merecen todos un segundo oportunidad?¿Qué significa el perdón?¿Y cuánto cuesta el perdón?

A veces, no vale la pena vivir en el pasado. Lo que pasó, pasó, y es el tiempo para seguir adelante. El pasado te sirve como aprendizajes y lecciones. Es…

Day 22: Tomorrow

The sky. The light melts the blue hues into purple, then pink, which then gives way to a deep and fiery orange. The light seeps from the day. It wants to stay, it begs and pleads. It is clawing to stay, scraping its fingernails across the sky in desperation. It creates streaks, beautiful streaks…

Day 21: Privilege

“Sexual assault occurs when someone touches any part of another person’s body in a sexual way, even through clothes, without that person’s consent.”

Privilege is having the power to speak up.