We've created some prompts to help you get started.
- How has the pandemic and stay-at-home order impacted you? Your work? Your education? Your research? Your daily life? Your family?
- What was your initial reaction to Northwestern's shift to remote learning and work and Illinois' stay-at-home order? Has it changed?
- How have you been involved in the response to COVID-19 on campus? In your research? In your community? In your work?
- What role is technology playing in your life right now?
- What precautions against the virus have you been taking? How have they affected your life?
- Where are you living during the pandemic? What is it like?
- What have you been doing to cope with this situation? (cooking, taking up new hobbies, watching TV, making art, etc.)
- Share screenshots of your social media posts, and use them to inspire a longer written piece.
For inspiration from history, check out "What We Can Learn from 1918 Influenza Diaries" by Meilan Solly in Smithsonian Magazine.