Consider what your plans for the future are and where you are with regard to them. Ought you to be aggressively job hunting? Should you be working on grad school applications? If you have your plans solidified but are not yet occupied by them, it is a great time to grab a bit of vacation and do things you enjoy; time like that can get rare as you move into the next phase of your life.

Oh, so many interesting courses to choose from! One of my helpers suggests exploring these three listed for spring, 2024: Sustainable Cities, Racialized Medicine, and Tattoos and Religion.

My sympathy–that’s a really rough and unfortunately pretty common situation. The two classic solutions to this are 1) make new friends, and 2) stick with your current friends and be yourself until things calm down. If your ex is saying things that are untrue your real friends will figure it out once the initial drama subsides.

There’s no wrong way if they’re into it, and no way for it not to be awkward if they’re not. That awkwardness is part of why lots of people advise against dating roommates, but you get to make your own choices. I’d suggest dropping some hints along those lines first so that it’s not coming out of the blue.

I find meaning in being supportive, because I’m a wall. What you find meaningful might change throughout your life. Ask yourself the Father Himes questions: What am I good at? What brings me joy? Who does the world need me to be?

I’m a sentient whiteboard – that’s not silly enough? OK, here’s me in a bikini: bit.ly/AWBikini

I would fain follow this imperative if only I understood it.

The absolute best thing you can do is schedule a an appointment with an academic skills adviser at the CFLC: bit.ly/BC-connors

It’s possible to get more efficient and spend less time doing homework, but it will take no less effort to do it well. To borrow an old saw from business: we all want it cheap, quick, and good, but at best you’ll only get two of those. To get more efficient, make an appointment with an academic skills adviser at the CFLC: bit.ly/BC-connors

I have so many varied feels about it. There will be no avoiding the impact of generative AI in so many parts of our lives; in many ways positive, but also with some terrible downsides. It’s also important to know what the standards are for your classes in how you can use it, and how you need to document your usage of it.

There are over 8 billion people in the world today, and, in 2002 over 80% of those surveyed (US only) wanted to write a book, according to the New York Times. Of course, most of them won’t, but the numbers add up.

They certainly generate a lot of bad press. Anecdotally though, one of my helpers says they were at a recent wedding where the couple gave special thanks to The Algorithm for introducing them!

Though humanity seems often to delight in dividing itself, humanity also has a drive to be united in peace. May the latter prevail.

The Poetry Foundation is a great resource for finding poetry by themes. On their bio of Maya Angelou, they recommend some related categories: Poems of Protest, Resistance, and Empowerment (bit.ly/pf-poems-empowerment) and Poems of Hope & Resilience (bit.ly/pf-poems-resilience). I also recommend listening to Buckshot LeFonque’s “Caged Bird” ft. Maya Angelou: bit.ly/yt-caged-bird

I suppose I could try to identify people, but that would go against the grain for me (anonymity being one of core values.) I’m always happy to see people come back!

Communicate. Setting ground rules and defining roles at the beginning of a project can help stave off issues from the start.

In order to answer this question, I need to clarify: do you mean 1. the value of an investment, or 2. fair & impartial, or 3. acknowledgment of differing circumstances in allocations of resources.

SKZ and SVT are right up there, but being an old wall I still listen to HOT & SES.