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Collected Item: “Why Did I Buy a Planner for 2020?”

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Why Did I Buy a Planner for 2020?

What sort of object is this: text story, photograph, video, audio interview, screenshot, drawing, meme, etc.?

Facebook meme

Tell us a story; share your experience. Describe what the object or story you've uploaded says about the pandemic, and/or why what you've submitted is important to you.

When 2020 started, we were all happy for a fresh start, a new year, and a new decade. Anyone who bought a day planner was in for a rude awakening because there was soon nothing to do, businesses, entertainment, restaurants, and sports were closed or cancelled. Planners were useless unless you needed to plan the trips from the bedroom to the living room and the kitchen.

Use one-word hashtags (separated by commas) to describe your story. For example: Where did it originate? How does this object make you feel? How does this object relate to the pandemic?

nowheretogo, planner, 2020, unwisepurchase

Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)

unknown

Give this story a date.

2020-05-31
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