{"id":20807,"date":"2021-03-24T09:00:20","date_gmt":"2021-03-24T16:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=20807"},"modified":"2021-03-18T09:50:06","modified_gmt":"2021-03-18T16:50:06","slug":"student-editors-letter-the-importance-of-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2021\/03\/24\/student-editors-letter-the-importance-of-fun\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Editor\u2019s Letter: The importance of fun"},"content":{"rendered":"

Spring is officially here\u2014it\u2019s incredible what a bit of sunlight and cherry blossoms can do for the soul. As I write this, the sun is streaming through my window, my cat is laying in a sunbeam, and a best of B.B. King playlist is playing; there are certain sunny afternoons where some good ol\u2019 blues never goes out of style (of course, the weather forecast is calling for rain on the day this sees print, but, you know what I mean). For the time being, at least, classes are online, so take that laptop and head outside (if it\u2019s not raining). In my case, I go out to a tiny little patch of communal grass outside my apartment and pretend I\u2019m on a beach on Italy\u2019s Amalfi Coast.<\/p>\n

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Camosun’s Interurban campus during COVID-19 (file photo).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I can all but promise you that there will come a time where you miss certain parts of online classes, so take advantage of some of the positive aspects while you can. (Side note: if you want to share your thoughts on going back to campus in September, write a letter to the Nexus<\/em> editor, or email me at adam@nexusnewspaper.com.)<\/p>\n

One of the hardest parts of this pandemic is the fact that we\u2019ve all, essentially, been on tumble dry for a year. Just as something comes into fruition, or just as we re-adjust to certain restrictions, things change. That, to me, is what\u2019s so exhausting and troubling about this, and that uncertainty is where a lot of the narratives about government overstep and interference come into play, and, in the tornado of confusion and frustration, start to perhaps make a little sense (I\u2019m nearly 100-percent positive, by the way, that the government is aiming to have as few restrictions as possible).<\/p>\n

In a post-COVID-19 world, that\u2019s what I won\u2019t miss: the uncertainty, the fear, the battles of arguments based not on fact but on hunches and emotions that have everything to do with our own personal lives, basic needs, freedoms, and sacrifices. While they vary immensely in scale, many of us made a ton of sacrifices over the past year, so when that sun is shining, get out there and celebrate, however that might look to you. Don\u2019t ever lose the ability to have fun. Not even COVID can take that away.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Spring is officially here\u2014it\u2019s incredible what a bit of sunlight and cherry blossoms can do for the soul. As I write this, the sun is streaming through my window, my cat is laying in a sunbeam, and a best of B.B. King playlist is playing; there are certain sunny afternoons where some good ol\u2019 blues […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20158,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-webexclusive","category-views"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20807"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20807\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20809,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20807\/revisions\/20809"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}