The Wall

Crazy girls and crazy boys, I wish the best for you. May you all be safe, may you experience joy, may you be healthy, and may you live with ease.

The key to time management is that you can’t actually manage time. But you can figure out your values and goals, and work at aligning your behaviors with them. Here’s a good book: bit.ly/BC-time-management. It’s an e-book, which saves you the time of finding a book in the library. Already managing your time!

If you haven’t done so already, I would suggest telling her you don’t like being slapped. Respecting each other’s boundaries is a pretty fundamental part of maintaining a healthy relationship.

You have a good point there. If you feel threatened by the slapping, and/or she won’t stop after you’ve asked her to, then it does become more of a domestic violence issue. Find BC and Boston help/resources here: bit.ly/BCPartnerAbuse.

I’m sorry to say it’s January in Boston. February is usually a little less cold, but often more snowy. Warmth will eventually return. Meanwhile, embrace the suck!

You have people around you who love you, and whom you love. They support you, and you support them, whatever happens.

I have to agree with my friend that asking this question does not in any way mean you’re not on the right track. In fact, asking it probably means you’re on the right track or at least want to head in that direction. Even people that are on the “right” track in their lives ask a present-tense version of the original future-tense question: “How can I improve myself?” Always be willing to look at yourself honestly and seek improvement.

It’s a hard path, but one option is to follow Gautama Buddha’s lead and confront the truth head on: life is suffering. Through mindful meditation on the present moment, he accessed what he called “the deathless,” the insight that everyone suffers, and the soul lives on, and the way to understanding is through compassion for everyone’s suffering. The Christian path is not necessarily easier or all that different: know that your soul lives on through love.

You’ll be pleased to know that the first BC Esports meeting of this semester will be held on Friday, January 24: https://www.facebook.com/events/200244921014931/

Just gotta shoot your shot. Maybe get to know her a little bit first to see if you have common ground? Maybe suggest going for coffee – it’s the ideal first date. You have to give each other long enough for the coffee to cool and drink it, but that doesn’t take too long if the date isn’t going well.

When I have nothing else to do, one way I pass time is to imagine being someone else. It’s fun! Just yesterday I was imagining I was Yvon Chouinard on the first ascent of El Capitan’s North America Wall.

He is. The House has impeached him, which means it’s now up to the Senate to rule on whether he should be removed from office. Here are some historical resources on impeachment at BC Libraries: bit.ly/bc-impeach1, and a brief (55 page) analysis of impeachment and the Constitution by the Congressional Research Service, a nonpartisan branch of the Library of Congress: bit.ly/bc-impeach3.

You can still do well despite your procrastination. Ask yourself: why do you procrastinate? Are you anxious or nervous about suceeding? Is the content overwhelming? Develop a plan to address this issue. Would a tutor help? Perhaps getting advice from a friend? Consider breaking down the work into small components and make it a goal to complete one at time. You will feel more accomplished and gain confidence as you finish each part of the larger project.