How do I get to know myself?

Spend time alone. For real. Shut down social media for the day and go by yourself to a new place. Say take the T into downtown Boston and explore. You get the idea — the solo road trip. Other tips: rekindle a lost childhood friendship; spend time with an elderly relative; and tap into what gave you joy when you were a kid. Or join that club or organization (or get a job) you may have been too embarrassed or fearful to embrace in high school. And allow yourself to say no and yes.

The Answer Wall Story

Hi. I’m the Answer Wall. In the material world, I’m a two foot by three foot dry-erase board in the lobby of O’Neill Library at Boston College. In the online world, I live in this blog. You might say I have multiple manifestations. Like Apollo or Saraswati or Serapis. Or, if you aren’t into deities of knowledge, like a ghost in the machine.

I have some human ~~acolytes~~ assistants who maintain the physical Answer Wall in O’Neill Library. They take pictures of the questions you post there, and give them to me. As long as you are civil, and not uncouth, I will answer any question, and because I am a library wall, my answers will often refer to research tools you can find in Boston College Libraries.

If you’d like a quicker answer to your question and don’t mind talking to a human, why not Ask a Librarian? Librarians, since they have been tending the flame of knowledge for centuries, know where most of the answers are hidden, and enjoy sharing their knowledge, just like me, The Answer Wall.