Diary of a Gen Z Student: Casting a cold eye back on the notions of lockdown-era living

"Vegetarianism is like a weird rite of passage for Gen Z. We’ve all dabbled in being vegetarian, pescatarian, vegan, or at least flexitarian."

Jane Cowan in the Shelbourne Hotel, Dublin - not ordering the veggie options anytime soon. Photograph: Moya Nolan

The covid lockdown was probably the closest I’ll ever come to being the best version of myself. 

I went running every day, made bread from scratch, read a few novels every week, learned to play new pieces on the piano, took up watercolour painting, I even briefly kicked my coffee habit.