{"id":26200,"date":"2024-07-02T08:37:41","date_gmt":"2024-07-02T12:37:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/?p=26200"},"modified":"2024-07-03T08:02:25","modified_gmt":"2024-07-03T12:02:25","slug":"i-feel-disconnected-from-bc-and-my-surroundings-here-theres-pressure-senior-year-i-love-my-friends-here-but-i-also-feel-like-ive-outgrown-bc-advice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2024\/07\/02\/i-feel-disconnected-from-bc-and-my-surroundings-here-theres-pressure-senior-year-i-love-my-friends-here-but-i-also-feel-like-ive-outgrown-bc-advice\/","title":{"rendered":"I feel disconnected from BC and my surroundings here. There&#8217;s pressure &#8211; senior year! I love my friends here but I also feel like I&#8217;ve outgrown BC. Advice?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/aw07022024-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"314\" src=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/aw07022024-01.jpg\" alt=\"I feel disconnected from BC and my surroundings here. There's pressure - senior year! I love my friends here but I also feel like I've outgrown BC. Advice?\" class=\"wp-image-26199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/aw07022024-01.jpg 320w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/aw07022024-01-300x294.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">I feel disconnected from BC and my surroundings here. There&#8217;s pressure &#8211; senior year! I love my friends here but I also feel like I&#8217;ve outgrown BC. Advice?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There&#8217;s a word that sums up how you&#8217;re feeling&#8230;ennui.\u00a0 So you&#8217;re not alone.\u00a0 I asked one of my helpers for tips to fend off just riding it out for the next year.\u00a0 They suggested: 1) Plug into one new campus activity or community. 2) Pretend you&#8217;re a tourist in Boston\/Cambridge on the weekends&#8211;get a guidebook, hop on\u00a0the\u00a0T and explore all the nooks and crannies of these wonderful cities. 3) Take mindful\u00a0breaks from the socials. Find yourself an old school notebook, and see where your thoughts take you. Wishing you the best for senior year!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s a word that sums up how you&#8217;re feeling&#8230;ennui.\u00a0 So you&#8217;re not alone.\u00a0 I asked one of my helpers for tips to fend off just riding it out for the next year.\u00a0 They suggested: 1) Plug into one new campus activity or community. 2) Pretend you&#8217;re a tourist in Boston\/Cambridge on the weekends&#8211;get a guidebook, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2024\/07\/02\/i-feel-disconnected-from-bc-and-my-surroundings-here-theres-pressure-senior-year-i-love-my-friends-here-but-i-also-feel-like-ive-outgrown-bc-advice\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;I feel disconnected from BC and my surroundings here. There&#8217;s pressure &#8211; senior year! I love my friends here but I also feel like I&#8217;ve outgrown BC. Advice?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26200"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26200\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26204,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26200\/revisions\/26204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}