
You have plenty of time to decide what your life is about, and to change your mind about it. Enjoy the ride!
Answering questions at Boston College O’Neill Library
Very few non-residents of St. Mary’s have seen the apartments. But walls DO talk, and I’ve been told that they are very similar to a 300-350 square foot hotel room, with a combined bedroom/living space, bathroom and closet.
It’s more an art than a science. Some things are more under your control than others, so try focusing a little more on those. Make a decision about where you think you want to be and you’ll often find the other uncertainty gets out of your way.
Scared to leave. Give me a parting quote or poem about life, Wall?
Rebecca Solnit: “Hope locates itself in the premises that we don’t know what will happen and that in the spaciousness of uncertainty is room to act.” If you have 20 minutes to spare, listen to this moving commencement address by the author Richard Powers, from 2023: bit.ly/powers-commencement
I may be biased, but I would have to say that O’Neill Library is the most *surprisingly* cozy & welcoming. The facade is new brutalism, but my supportive & kind library helpers and the comfy chairs give this building a warm heart. I’m more familiar with academic buildings, most of which are more grand than cozy, with the exception of the libraries, of course. I’m not as familiar with the residence halls. Maybe you all can rank them?
I have said time and time again that I am all for communicating and giving it a try, especially when you know the feelings are mutual. Go you!
I would have to disagree. Asking people out can be hard, but so worth it.
“Good fences make good neighbors”, though I’m not sure the poet would agree with my reading. https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44266/mending-wall