From KQED.

Hi, you're listening to Bay Curious.

I'm Katrina Schwartz.

Before we get to the show this week, I have a little favor to ask.

We're pulling together an episode to mark the one-year anniversary of the Bay Area's first shelter-in-place order,

and we want to feature your stories about this past year.

Maybe you learned that you love to dance,

or went through a breakup.

Did living under COVID bring your family together,

or make you feel further apart?

Or maybe you've overcome a challenge?

Bay Curious producer Susie Racho and I have been asking ourselves the same questions.

Susie, how has your life changed this past year?

Well, for me, I think the biggest change was that I started to really appreciate living in San Francisco.

Unlike a lot of people who wanted to move out as soon as they could, for me, my world

got very small like a lot of other people. And I lived near Golden Gate Park, but I really

took it for granted. And there are just so many spots in Golden Gate Park that I had never been

to, even though I had lived on both sides of the park for a lot of

years. And I just learned how to appreciate the city in a way that I, you know, basically didn't have

time for before. So what about you, Katrina? You know, honestly, I feel like I've gotten old in the

past year. I used to be really busy. I had something every night of the week. I was out. I almost was never home until 9 p.m. either at the gym or meeting up with a friend or doing something with my ultimate frisbee team. And, you know, all of those things have been kind of stripped away. And so now I'm home all the time. I like, you know, go for a walk

after work. I watch Jeopardy. I like don't go out. And I feel like just in a very short time,

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