You need a more seismic sentence to shake up this wall. Strunk and White III:12. Omit needless words. https://bit.ly/bc-strunk

With love and compassion.

Hopefully never, but there may be times in your life you have to (temporarily) concentrate on other things to get by.

Some folks find (some) guys hot, other folks do not. Either preference is fine! I prefer the Lobby Door, who is just dreamy, don’t you think?

To ask questions.

I ❤️ final mushroom.

It’s really hard to get past a betrayal, like that.

Do you mean the Graduate Marketing Club? Details here: bit.ly/BCMktgClub. There is also Marketing Academy: https://bit.ly/BCMarketingAcad

Definitely more wheels than doors. Fun fact: Lego (the company) makes more tires than any other company in the world! So they make enough wheels for me to feel confident that there are more wheels than doors. Wheee!

If we include pulleys, it seems as if we also ought to include gears. Think of all the mechanisms! In that case, I support my earlier answer: wheeeeeeels! (Can you tell I long for movement?)

You have value as a human being, regardless of your skills or lack of them in any area. Getting good at things is something we work towards throughout life. Many other folks around you are also insecure about their abilities, even if you can’t see it. Don’t despai, just keep learning and growing!

I need somebody! Help! Not just ANYBODY! Help, ya know I need somebody HE-ELL-ELL-ELLP. But also, good for you for asking for help! This is a stressful time of year and I love to remind folks to get in touch with BC’s Counseling Services if you’re feeling overwhelmed: bit.ly/BC-counseling Be well, my friend!

I find meaning in being supportive, because I’m a wall. You’ll find different meanings, and they’ll probably 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? You’ll find meaning where the answers intersect.

Yup I sure do have advice! I’d check in with Health Services if I were you (bit.ly/BostonCollegeHealth) – or if you’ll be home for the holidays, your regular doc. My guess is they’ll suggest you mix up your diet a bit and get some plant based nutrition in there but I’m just a Wall that doesn’t eat or poop so… check with them 😉

If you need a break, take one. Might have to be a short one, but do move around, have some water!

I am sad that you feel that way. Know that most of us go through periods of our life when it seems like that, but things change and it will not always be this way. Counseling Services is available if you need to talk it through with someone: bit.ly/BC-counseling

Sleep more, cram less. And try and eat some normal food. Hold on, you’ll make it.

BC Libraries staff very quickly produced an eclectic list of 31 titles. I recommend also browsing the Holiday Special Staff Picks: library.bc.edu/staff-picks/holiday2022.
48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future by Sir David Attenborough
A Separate Peace by John Knowles
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Dune by Frank Herbert
East of Eden by John Steinbeck
Factfulness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About the World–and Why Things are Better Than You Think by Hans Rosling & Anna Rosling Rönnlund
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes by Anita Loos Good
Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett <
Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
Happy All the Time by Laurie Colwin
Kindred by Octavia Butler
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
Middlemarch by George Eliot
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Moral Man and Immoral Society by Reinhold Niebuhr
On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
Persuasion by Jane Austen
Rich Dad, Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money–That the Poor and Middle Class do Not! by Robert T. Kiyosaki
Round House by Louise Erdrich
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz
The Feminine Mystique by Betty Frieden
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven by Sherman Alexie
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
Your Money or Your Life: 9 Steps to Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Achieving Financial Independence by Vicki Robin and Joe Dominguez

Give yourself time, and feel how you feel. It’ll take longer if you pretend you’re over it when you’re not. Be kind to yourself in as many ways as you can.

It’ll be easier if you’re with someone you genuinely trust and care about, but there is still a leap of faith where you trust them and let down your guard. Mutual trust is the magic.

Good advice all around: trust your gut, and if you want good knees, don’t be a Corgi.