That’s pretty good advice. Now is all we are promised.

I’m sorry you’re having this painful experience. It means your standards for the final product are high. But it also means those standards are blocking your ability to begin. Sometimes, the first draft is just a step on the path to the final draft. I recommend the short essay “Shitty First Drafts” by Anne Lamott, in her book Bird by Bird: bit.ly/lamott-first. Bird by Bird at BC Libraries: Social Work Library, PN147 .L315 1995

I’m so sorry. That’s really hard, but also remarkably common. The key to life is not the absence of self-doubt (that’s very, very rare, and not altogether healthy) but the courage to keep going in spite of it. If you find that you can’t, consider talking to a professional. bit.ly/BC-counseling.

THERE ARE SO MANY AMAZING DINOSAURS! I could literally rave about any or all of them. BUT I have to say I love the Parasaurolophus. Did you know on the 2nd floor of O’Neill, in our digital studio, we scanned a hadrosaur egg for an earth sciences class? Swing by and ask them about it!

Please know I will miss you as well. Having exchange students in this community makes it richer and more vibrant and we all are so grateful you chose to spend some time with us! Best wishes on your next adventure!

YES! Michael Jordan: “I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.”

I’m a wall, so… I’m quite stationary and would likely sink if I tried to swim in the reservoir or anywhere!

Awesome! It was so nice to have you spend time here at BC, and I hope your luck only grows.

Life is pretty good. Just hanging out, as usual, and wishing you all a happy end of semester.

Truly excellent advice.

Well, a hologram would have trouble with pencil and paper, so I’m guessing you are at least to some degree real.

Gotta be honest; you WILL miss BC. And BC will miss you. But you will have memories to treasure your whole life long. Please come back and visit when you can!

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As would we all! The suspense is killing us!

IDK what you’ve already done! Why not attempt a 24 hour stay at the library? And Amy Poehler got her start in My Mother’s Fleabag. Just saying.

Everyone needs to take breaks from being on their A-game. But how many and how long? It’s a matter of what kind of actions are necessary to achieve your ambitions, and how reasonable your ambitions are. I recommend the career office (bit.ly/BC-career), the academic counseling folks at the CFLC (bit.ly/BC-connors), and peer wellness coaches at the Center for Student Wellness (https://bit.ly/BC-wellness-coach) as starting points for grounding your balance and discipline in your goals.

Glad to be of service! Your boyfriend is cute partially because he’s objectively cute and partially because you are looking at him through the filter of your feelings for him.

It’s just rude. They may never have learned any manners. It’s perfectly ok to flat out state that this is not ok behavior – and I’m very sorry you have to deal with this!

The subtler thing to watch in history is how many different ways it’s possible to make the same mistakes. Humans are still humans in the past. What you really learn from history is how people are.

It’s been a bit over 5 years. I’ve loved every minute of it.