Joel John Carlo

  The quote "New Year, New Me!" Is often use as an excuse or a reasoning people use to address changes set to set goals for themselves. We often use this quote when we want to change unhealthy habits to improve for the next year, whether ot not these goals or expectations for ouraelves is met is a different discussion. Most often then not, these goals are either unreachable or irrelevant, wanting to change for the sake of a change will never last long, if you want to change you should not wait till the new year to comes or any other holiday. Change for yoyrself, if you want to change that is, trying to fit in will give you no good. 

Christmas has always been the season of joy for most people, the season of giving, the season of gathering. But what if unforeseen events cause our joyful season to be restricted, is it still the season of joy and togetherness? This year, like the previous one, we are still experiencing the pandemic known as Covid-19. But unlike last year, this year, we are able to selebrate the holidays with less restrictions than before. But we still need to practice caution, cuz despite the vaccines lowering our chances to be affected by the virus, we are still bulnerable to it and isnt completely immune. As such this christmas is a step up- an improvement from the last one we experienced, so thats something to look up too. Given that we are not out of the tunnel yet, we should still make the best of it since Christmas only happens once a year.

Illustration by: iStock/Irina Shibanova Covid-19 has affected children in multitude of ways, from mental, Emotional and/or even in Physical ways. Given every single one of us are experiencing the same thing, adults are more well equiped for it than children are, with all the life experience they've gone through, making kids the most vulnerable from the effects of the pandemic as a whole. The main effects being depression and anxiety from the lack of social interactions and indefinite isolation. Its our reaponsiblity to check up on the kids to see if they are in good health in all posible ways. That is the only thing we can do for the tine being, give them the needed attention, ask them to take breaks from their school work and if need be, force them to take a break if they reject the idea even though they desperately  needed the rest.