Just going out there and saying, 'Hey, I need to talk beacuse I have had a really bad day,' or, 'I just need to vent, even though I don't have a particularly good reason to vent.'

[On-screen text] Tavleen

It's a tough thing to do.

[On-screen title] Keeping up with my Culture. Identity. Self.

I'm Tavleen Singh, I'm 23 years old. I am from India. I came to Australia to study. I've been here for like almost three years now.

[On-screen text] Life in lockdown

It is hard when you try to think that I came here for a specific reason, and then the past whole year I spent inside my house.

We work so much on how our future is going to be like, and suddenly you're thrown a pandemic and it kind of just gives you a pause which you never thought you would have.

[On-screen text] Cultural connection

My family is back in India, and I think one of the hardest things has been not being in actual physical touch with them.

Usually, like, Christmas is the time that I like to spend with my family. Not being able to hug someone or not being able to like cry on someone's shoulder. I think these are things that are very, very valuable.

[On-screen text] Looking after yourself

Don't be so hard on yourself. Like, I trap myself a lot in what is perfect and what is ideal. And I think we create these ambitions and ideas and dreams, and if you didn't get it, or if you didn't get it in the time span that you set, it's not the end of the world.

And I'm a firm believer of faith, that there's always something good just about to happen. So even if I'm having a really, really horrible day, I try and focus on a good memory from my past or a good thing I've already set up in the future.

[On-screen text] 
Whatever you're feeling, you're not alone.

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