Today 365 day of the full-scale war and we talk about changes we have had in our life. How we have been living in constant anxiety, how we are staying sane in spite of the fact that horrible things are happening to our country.
Ulyana Krychkovska:
This year, I’m sure I’ve changed a lot. I got tougher because I lost a lot of friends while simultaneously gaining a terrific career as a military writer, which made me stronger and more resistant to a lot of outside influences.
I can see how I dealt with various issues a year ago and today. The argument is that I can remain cool in virtually all circumstances, since the worst thing I could ever conceive has already occurred.
Serafima Melnychuk:
People always help you and you are not alone in this world. everything has the end, so try to enjoy your life
Kseniia Bovkun:
I believe that my internal changed the most. Unfortunately, now I know that protecting your life and your honour costs a great loss.
Sofia Yakymchuk:
I’m afraid to admit that I’ve started being constantly anxious and socially-isolated. However, I also understood what being a part of a nation is.
Valeriia Onyshchenko:
All things that happened since the beginning of full-scale war distanced me and many other Ukrainians from our previous lives. We have lost a lot, but gained unity and respect to ourselves.
Tymofii Sonko:
The last year made me appreciate historical architecture much more. When an entire city could get wiped out in a matter of weeks, it strikes differently when you see a building with a rich background in your town.
Yana Soroka:
So much things are ephemeral and unneeded. Being present is the best thing ever. No one can trick me into thinking otherwise now.
Yevhenii Lutsyk:
Firstly and obviously this year of war brought me to absolute different place and thanks to this I understood how easy and fast people can adjust to a new place and how fast and critical they can change their opinion about everything. The war changed not only my accommodation but as well me as a person, I guess I became more resilient, confident and even happy
Dmytro Opanasenko:
My life, compared to others, didn’t change dramatically. I still live in Kyiv and a lot of problems, which are not that significant to me personally (I can live without electricity for a couple of hours and so). However, what changed is an attitude towards Ukrainian nation, its becoming finally became obvious and that is perhaps the most significant thing, which we get from that war
Vyacheslav Krivenko:
The war definitely proved me one thing. The only path to freedom and independence lies through grave sacrifice and bloodshed. There is no room for peace, with peace you cannot achieve independency
Sophia Hayduchok:
For sure, the war can’t impact on you positively, at least on me. The days that I used to name the most ordinary during the pre-war time are the happiest now. I became more lonely due to my friends went abroad or in different parts of Ukraine. My anxiety is growing up almost every day, I’m feeling like I’ve lost the sense of life. They say the things that don’t kill you, they make you stronger. But don’t they just traumatize you?
Ivanna:
Because of the full scale war, I understood that in fact I’m a very mature person who can live on its own. Also, I understood that we must live right now and don’t waste our precious lifetime on procrastination.
Marianna:
Although, the negative effect of war will never be undone on the nation as a whole, and on the individuals, I believe it has taught us to appreciate simple things around us.
Polia:
I am not really afraid of any mundane things any more. I am not scared to speak up, or to be expelled/fired, or to be perceived as stupid or obnoxious. I am full of cynicism, but also a childlike wonder, i guess
Myron Matuzenko:
War made me understand that every outcome (even the worst one) is possible whether I see it or not. This thought may seem grim and pessimistic but in reality in just helped me revalue some aspects of my life and remember what I cherish the most.
Maria Liubashevska:
The full-scale invasion made me realize how precious my family is to me. They were the only people who went through the first days with me. I would say that my mentality did change in some way. I cherish my family much more now, and I’m not taking it for granted, as before.
Anastasiia Kryzhanovska:
Through this year, the war has shown me that we should try to live for the moment, because the future is not under our control.
Maryna:
The war made me love myself and taught me not to hesitate. For the past year I have changed a lot of things in my mind that made me wiser and stronger to emotional challenges of this war
Mariia:
I understood the importance of being united as a nation, and the importance of selfless help.
Eva:
I personally understood that society’s perhaps greatest strength is in its unity, and that as long as people believe in the cause and know what they’re fighting for they can accomplish pretty much everything
Sofiia-Anastasiia:
The war filled me with love, kindness, and patience as well as anger and hate. I guess such multitude of emotions tortures every one of us nowadays. But in case of Ukrainians, it helped us really unite and be supportive of one another, no matter the differences.
Regina:
Nothing has changed: we are killed, raped, humiliated. Nothing has changed: we fight, we donate, we believe.
Anastasia:
I stopped putting off today’s affairs for tomorrow. Do the same.
Dariia:
My priorities have changed. Things that were extremely important a year ago are of no interest to me now.
Nika:
After the start of the war, my perception of the world changed. We can’t be sure of tomorrow, I stopped planning for a long time. Also, minor problems are perceived much more easily than before.
Irrite:
I started thinking widely and realised that my vote is important. I accepted this truth of a powerful country where everyone knows that “country” starts not from government or from rich people, country is around us.
Aliona:
During this year, I realized that life has no guarantees, you can die at any moment. That’s why I realized that you need to enjoy life and love it right now and not wait until something incredible happens.
Vlad:
I don’t scare any more of something that I’ve been scared of before the war. There is much more things that scarier during the war.
Lilya:
My attitude towards russian culture (music, movies) has changed. But most importantly, the level of trust in people been lost. You can even find an unexpected traitor among people.
Nastia Horbach:
My outlook on life and my behaviour have changed, I have become stronger and without fear and with confidence I try to do what I dreamed about before. Life is unpredictable, so there is no time to just sit, you need to act.
