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- I really wanted to
appreciate like every moment

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of this year because it's my last one.

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But it felt like a lot of those moments

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were stolen by COVID.

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I finally got a role in the musical

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because ever since I was little,

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I was always in the Chorus.

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Like every rehearsal I'd leave
feeling so like up and happy.

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About a week or two into the holidays,

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we got a message saying
that the production

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was gonna be postponed just to next year

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and all your 12 roles
were gonna be re-cast.

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So when it was canceled
I was just so upset

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because I was really
looking forward to it.

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To have like the world
kind of stop around you

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and have all the time to yourself,

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it's an opportunity that like

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doesn't always come knocking on your door.

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So I felt like I would be
wasting it if I didn't use it

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to better myself.

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A few of the top things
that have helped me

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have a positive mindset have
been planning out my day,

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scheduling time for self-care

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and having like a good friend base

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and family base to talk to.

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That made me feel a lot better

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about being disconnected
from everything else.

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My family and I did so many
activities to bond together,

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we did craft, we played games

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and it was so nice to
have that time together

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and to connect with each other a lot more

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than we previously had been doing.

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My friend and I,

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she would walk around her neighbourhood

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and we'd both call each other

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and talk on the phone while we walked.

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We'd talk about like you know,

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how we think school's gonna look

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and we would just like you know,

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be there for each other.

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For other Year 12s going through this

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I would definitely advise for you

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not to be as harsh on yourself,

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like you don't need to
do a million things,

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just do what's productive
for you at this time.

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Because the time is so chaotic,

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I feel like the expectations
of us don't need to be as high.

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The best you can do is
the best that you can,

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especially in a time like this.