Senior year brings on all the feels. I hope you can embrace the hope and possibilities of your future; it doesn’t have to be stuck at home 24/7. Spend part of the year building that better future by meeting up with the helpful folks at the Career Center (bit.ly/BC-career).

evermore & ivy <3

Hugs! Here’s a secret I learned – you are the one who gets to define what success means in your life, not your parents, not BC, not the forces of social media. What matters to you? Work at making it happen.

One estimate cited on a National Institutes of Health website, is 700 lb. (bit.ly/NIHWoodchuck)

Embrace your inner nerd.

Ask for encouragement from friends & family. Self-care: sleep, food, showers, quick walks outdoors. Did I mention encouragement? Also give yourself small rewards & take frequent short breaks: work for 30 min, break for 5. You can do this!

Right now, and always. ❤️

That’s hard. You put yourself in that place for reasons, and it can be hard to let go of them even when it isn’t working for you. If it were all toxic it would be easier, but it never is, and you can hold onto what’s good about the situation for a long time. It’s also easy to stick with something familiar, even if it’s terrible. All of that is totally normal. Take care of yourself, and don’t beat yourself up for taking a while to make a decision.

Sigh… as a supportive wall, I’m staying put. But I do love to hear about other folks’ travels!

A couple thoughts. Crunch time is stressful, but it does signal that the semester is almost over. Mix it up a little: work on something else for a bit and then go back to the crisis, it sometimes lowers the emotional temperature. Try and keep yourself fed and watered, and get enough sleep. Hold on. You’re going to make it.

It’s worth making the effort – I think you may ultimately find it very freeing.

An age-old mystery. Try part three of this Oxford Handbook: https://bit.ly/bc-brains

No Objection!

It has a very faithful fan base!

I know this is just an Ace Attorney meme, but sometimes I do feel like the entire circus! Nice sketch, btw.

We’ll miss you, too! And remember, you can always visit me online. Would love to keep in touch. https://library.bc.edu/answerwall/

Norm McDonald’s Moth Joke is pretty great.

Such a wonderful, loving community! Thank you, birthday-wisher!

With all your senses. But it’s rarely straightforrward. Here’s poem by Jane Hirshfield that may help answer your question less prosaically: bit.ly/meeting-the-light. If that poem doesn’t work, browse 591 other poems about romantic love: bit.ly/poems-love.

This wall has faith in you all.