Santa Barbara During the Pandemic: Reflecting On Our Hardships, Uniqueness, and Bright Future Ahead
My alarm goes off at 5:30am, on what normally would be an average Saturday. I get up, hydrate, stretch, and run out the door with my surfboard and coffee in hand. Feeling refreshed by the early morning sunrise, I rush down the steep stairs hugging the cliff at my favorite springtime surf break and enter the water, in the present moment, without a care in the world. Immediately, I am reminded that this is not…