Year 3 Week 11 & 12: Nov. 22-26; Nov. 27-Dec. 3, 2017

THANKSGIVING AND THE WEEK AFTER

​I had a weird Thanksgiving break. For some reason, I wasn't able to get the rest and the time I needed for myself even though I was able to go away from the city and retreat into my aunt's house in New Jersey. When I was in New York City I did mostly errands: clean the bathroom, do groceries, wash my clothes, do some field work for Queens Boulevard (by travelling to Queens Boulevard!) and rehearse for scene study class.

The two men sharing food are my cousins from New Jersey :)

We did pork belly for Thanksgiving this year!

There actually came a point during the break when I realized that I spend so much of my time getting things done that I began to feel unhappy with my current state even though when I reflect upon my life I know that I have plenty of things to be grateful for. So much so that in the first few days back into classes after Thanksgiving, I felt a certain heaviness and darkness that I often felt when I was back home and began to worry that I might be depressed.

Fortunately, I do have more emotional support in my life right now (friends, mentors, free therapy c/o Juilliard Counselling Services). Upon speaking to some of my friends, my therapist, and a trusted teacher I realized that what I'm feeling is mainly exhaustion. I just really need a real break (like the Winter break that is coming up in a few weeks after Queens Boulevard closes).

This particular weekend I did not have a lot of homework. And since I have already went up for my last scene for scene study class this semester (hooray!) I no longer had to prepare for a new scene this weekend and so I was able to take the weekend off!
I decided to really just do things to take care of myself or things that made me happy.
There are a couple of youtube videos I've been watching to make me feel better:

Frittatas!

YOUTUBE videos to watch when things begin to feel rough:

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A FEATURE!

Shameless plug: The Juilliard School Office of International Advisement did a feature of me for the month of December! If you're curious to read about it you can check it out here:

Regina De Vera on "Eye on Culture"

Photo by Gregory Costanzo