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Motivational Stories | Look At The Bright Side

The positive impact of the pandemic on the South African student community

Despite the challenges we continue to face as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, we have to keep moving. Two students and a lecturer shared how they experienced the Covid-19 pandemic with TG2K. Their stories remind us that we’re human and we all go through struggles. We have fears. Sometimes we fall, but as world renowned author Paulo Coelho penned in The Alchemist, “The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.”

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Magdeline Mphafudi, Social Worker And Avid Reader

Positivity isn’t optional

Lesego, a lecturer at South West Gauteng TVET College, says her biggest fear in 2020 was contracting the virus. During the hard lockdown, she had to be creative and change how she taught her learners – doing her lessons on WhatsApp and giving feedback to assignments via email. Having a positive attitude is important because, as Lesego puts it, “if you don’t have a positive attitude, what else is there to look forward to?” Le ebone lotlhe, right? Like many people, self-care became a priority for her and she incorporated running in her busy schedule. 

 

While we’re on the subject of self-care, we asked Magdaline Mphafudi, a young social worker, why it’s important to develop a self-care routine.

 

“Making time for self-care and adopting a personalized self-care routine such as eating healthy, exercising and getting enough sleep, is one of the best ways to priorities one’s mental health. Prioritizing your psychological well-being is important in becoming resilient to handle life changes such as those that have come with the pandemic or any other unexpected events,” says Magdaline.

Covid-19 Pandemic & Country's Economy

Despite having had fear-ridden questions such as how the pandemic would affect the country’s economy, Daphne Maanya, who is a final year student at South West Gauteng TVET College, still remained hopeful.

 

She believes that having a positive attitude is the one thing that’ll keep us going when we don’t know what to expect.

 

In addition, she says her lecturers have been very supportive, and that this made studying less burdensome. Eating healthy, exercising and baking is an important part of Daphne’s self-care routine. “Baking is like therapy to me”, says Daphne.

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Journaling is cathartic
Journaling is cathartic

More time to write for Mbuelo

For Mbuelo Mchaya, a student at Ekurhuleni West College, her biggest fear was getting the virus and dying.

 

Mbuelo says she found herself spending a lot of her time focusing on her writing. She writes poetry and is currently completing an e-book.

 

One of her lecturers, who has been supportive in her studies, is the one who encouraged her to never stop writing. For her, pouring out in her journal became part of her self-care routine, which she says helped her keep sane.

And…that’s a wrap

Kusa serough but as cliché as it may sound – at the end of every tunnel there’s a light. Let’s keep moving and continue looking at the bright side of things, even though it may be hard to do so at times.

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