To be honest, I should do more to manage my health. I have not been prioritizing it. During this Coronavirus time, I have come to the realization I need to take care of myself more. I like to use my health app, on my phone, to track the steps I walk in a day. I do not think it is very accurate, but it is nice to keep track of it. I used to track my food in an online food diary with the app myfitnesspal and do workout videos on YouTube. I enjoy doing guided workout videos because then I don’t have to think about what move should i do next. It lets me focus on the present and using proper form. I have slacked off on working out during the past 2 school years. I became increasingly busy with school and work and but my health on the back burner. I am taking this time as a wake-up call to prioritize it yet again. I also enjoy following guided mediation or yoga to help me relax. Your physical health is just as important as your mental health. I also use the internet to schedule appointments with my psychiatrist.

Originally I was going to say how in high school I used khan academy for math and science to understand it better. I also learned HTML and CSS from the website code academy. They are great resources to learn if you need extra help in a subject or even learn a new skill. YouTube is also a great resource to learn from. There are thousands of tutorials in any subject you can think of. But with the new events that have happened, I’d say the biggest way the internet has changed learning is through Blackboard. We had to change everything onto that platform and move forward. It is pretty easy to navigate but does have some downfalls. I like the fact it has everything in one website. Blackboard collaborate, for having class over video chat, but you can also check assignments, due dates, and grades. It is a struggle but we are slowly getting used to it. We are making changes to accommodate it and we would not be able to learn during this time if it was not for the internet.

The way the internet has changed the way I handle money tons of different ways. Most are that it is so easy to order items online. You don’t see an exchange of goods because the item has to still be shipped and the money you are paying with is not physical. Shopping online is so convenient but I can easily go overboard. I don’t like paying with apple pay. I don’t see the transfer of money as easily as I do when I use my debit card. I feel like I would use it without thinking I was actually spending money. I prefer to just use cash or my debit card. I still very rarely use my credit card. I mostly just use it for gas. The internet has made it easy so I can check how much I have in my account. I can just log onto the Chase bank app and check in seconds. I have also set up automatic payments for my Harper tuition. The internet has also made it easy to split the bill when going out to restaurants with friends. We can use the app Venmo and pay each other back easily.

The internet has changed the way I shop with online stores. It is very convenient to get what you need in the comfort of your own home. I love Amazon so much. The 2-day shipping comes in handy, especially when you procrastinate. I found I get very impatient when other online stores don’t have 2-day shipping like Amazon. I find that I tend to do a lot of research before buying a product on a website that does not have a good return policy. I look at reviews and ask others if they have used the product before. Even though buying online is very convenient and easy it isn’t always the best. I find that I’ll buy things I do not need at the time. Part of that comes from instant gratification and another is to meet the free shipping threshold. I hate spending money on shipping so I will end up spending an extra $10 on another item to get free shipping. I am very much a consumer in that sense. I have gotten more environmentally conscious recently and started noticing the single-use plastic used in packaging and shipping. I try not to buy online as much anymore because of that.

The internet has changed the way I eat by making it so much more convenient. I love looking at the reviews a restaurant has when I’m looking for something new to try. I’m vegan so I usually look at the menu before leaving if I haven’t been to the restaurant before. It’s nice to know if I should eat a bigger lunch before going out because I can only eat the fries at that restaurant. I’ve also found a lot of vegan/vegetarian restaurants I would have never found without the internet. My sister is also celiac, a gluten allergy, so when we go out to eat as a family it can be hard to find something that accommodates all of us.
I also cook so much more now at home. I find great recipes online that I would have never thought to make myself. The recipes you find online usually are pretty easy and a lot of the time include a video to go along with it. Without food blogs, I would have the inspiration to cook. I love to look at the pictures food blog post even though my food never looks as good as the picture they post. The internet inspires almost everything in my life including my food.

Hi, I’m Samantha Kehoe, but I prefer to be called Sam. My major is graphic design and I’m getting my associates at Harper College. I took Web150 over the summer and I’m taking Web170 right now. In hindsight, I probably should have taken this class first, but hindsight is 20/ 20. I’m interested in Web a lot and I’m excited to learn more about WordPress and UI (User Interface). I feel like I should practice coding and become more accustomed to domains like WordPress to be more well rounded when looking for jobs. I found this job path later than most. It was hard to find something I was interested in and could see myself doing for a long time without getting bored of it right away. I love how trends are always changing in the design world. Print and web seem to constantly be evolving as time goes on. It keeps things interesting when you are constantly learning. I need to practice coding a lot more though. Practice makes perfect but coding is like math or a language when you don’t use it, you lose it. I still consider myself a beginner in coding. I only know Html and CSS.