Behind Closed Doors: The Silent Transformations of 2020

It was 2020. The year was very strange.

I finished my HSC exam in February. Our whole family decided to visit India as vacation. So, the date was fixed in April as per the plan. But suddenly everything went completely wrong. Tickets started to be cancelled. Because a terrible pandemic called Covid 19 (Coronavirus) spread all over the world and many people in Bangladesh also started getting affected by this virus. Then lockdown announced across the country. All of us were living in our own homes.

As an introvert person, it was not difficult for me to stay at home, but many people were bored, which was evident from social media. I love reading books so I just read books all day and that's how the days went by! But slowly I was getting bored too!!!

What else to do…!

I am a big fan of Harry Potter written by J.K. Rowling. I watched the entire series when I was very young, although I did not remember many of the stories. So I started watching the movies again. I watched 7 parts of the movie for 7 days and when I saw it again I was just surprised and fell in love again. I didn't know how but an auto obsession started working in me.

However, I started doing all sorts of research on Harry Potter like, how J.K. Rowling managed to publish this wonderful book after being rejected 12 times, all the magic spells used throughout the story, magic wands, muggle world, the 4 inventors of Hogwarts & its behind story, Voldemort's 7 horcruxes, Albus Dumbledore and Grindelwald's relationship, Deathly Hallows symbol, Diagon Alley, etc...etc. I even wrote a diary detailing the entire story of Harry Potter. I used to write a lot and like it a lot too. Of course, the story of Harry Potter is such that if one read it, addiction will easily work in them.

I cannot do art at all. But when I'm very, very upset, I don’t know why I start to do art and paint pictures. And unbelievably, what I paint turns out to be very beautiful. I also wonder to myself, "Did I really draw that?" So one day I was very upset & crying. Suddenly I thought to draw something. So I started drawing the Harry Potter's Hogwarts school logo; The logo with 4 houses (Gryffindor, Slytherin, Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw).

And guess what...???

I made the logo and it was very beautiful & I was surprised too... and I've never been so happy before. It sounds very childish maybe but it was really precious to me. 2 months have passed of writing the whole diary. If anyone who sees this diary will understand that it is a diary full of passion about the wizarding world.

My obsession about Harry Potter continued to increase day by day... it can be said 'A Cute Madness'. I also bought Harry Potter's 'Elder Wand' from online shop. I bought the wand after the lockdown though. I've had a great time catching up. It can be called magical days of  my life. Many people have done many hobbies like me during this pandemic; Some learned cooking, some done artworks, some learned to do many kinds of skill development works. But there were also many people who lived an idle life. Everyone said the year 2020 was cursed for them in a way. Obviously, Coronavirus was cursed because lot of people have lost their lives due to this virus; But in another way, 2020 was the best ever year of my life. These feelings cannot be explained in writing, but I hope such beautiful days come again in my life. Also in such situations, everyone should do something that will make them happy or help them in the future.

Undoubtedly, that year has taught me to live like a new way and be vibrant. I learned that how can we keep ourselves happy and healthy. I learned to think about life in a new and positive way. Indeed, the 2020 turned out to be a great year rather than a cursed one.