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hi, my name is freddie pearson. of manchester. i was doing my final year of university during the height of the pandemic. i think the hardest thing about being in yourfinal year of university while all of this was unfolding — i think there was a frustration because your early 20s are the time in your life where you can travel, go clubbing, go to new parts of the world, or meet new people. and these are the perfect years to have stories to tell moving forward, and to really develop your character. and i think a lot of young people felt incredibly deprived of that. it was the uncertainty. i think it was the uncertainty of not really knowing what was going on, and not being able to plan anything. for a lot of young people, when they finish university or finish school, travelling is such a big thing to look forward to. so, i had a bit of a nightmare injune. i...decided to go to lisbon. and i was out there, i remember i was sitting at this beautiful cafe on a thursday morning, and my phone was blowing up with messages an

some found it especially hard, like graduate freddie pearson, who had his own battles with mental health205 is the time of your life when you can travel, go clubbing, new parts of the world, meet new people, and these are the perfect years to have stories to tell moving forward, so you can really develop your character, and i think a lot of young people felt incredibly deprived of that. the uncertainty, the uncertainty of not really knowing what was going on and not being able to plan anything. for a lot of young people when they finished university, travelling is such a big thing to look forward to, so i had a bit of a nightmare injune. i decided to go to lisbon, and i was out there and i remember i was sitting at this beautiful cafe on a thursday morning and my phone was blowing up with messages and notifications about how lisbon was going to go into the amber checklist which would mean i would have to quarantine, so i cancelled my hotel and originalflight, bought myself a new flight and about two minutes after i booked, a notification came through on my phone saying that it wasn't goi