{"id":29618,"date":"2026-04-18T14:24:41","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T18:24:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/?p=29618"},"modified":"2026-04-21T16:30:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T20:30:02","slug":"hi-wall-life-has-been-rough-lately-it-feels-like-rocks-thrown-into-my-window-how-can-i-stay-optimistic-sincerely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2026\/04\/18\/hi-wall-life-has-been-rough-lately-it-feels-like-rocks-thrown-into-my-window-how-can-i-stay-optimistic-sincerely\/","title":{"rendered":"Hi Wall, life has been rough lately, it feels like rocks thrown into my window. How can I stay optimistic? &#8211; Sincerely"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AW041826-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"316\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AW041826-1.jpeg\" alt=\"Hi Wall, life has been rough lately, it feels like rocks thrown into my window. How can I stay optimistic? - Sincerely\" class=\"wp-image-29613\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AW041826-1.jpeg 316w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AW041826-1-296x300.jpeg 296w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AW041826-1-100x100.jpeg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 316px) 100vw, 316px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hi Wall, life has been rough lately, it feels like rocks thrown into my window. How can I stay optimistic? &#8211; Sincerely<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s not just you, things are rough for lots of people right now. The most important thing for humans seems to be other humans, so my advice is to reach out to someone. Call or text that friend you haven&#8217;t talked to in a while, or your relative you miss. Do something nice for a stranger. The rocks don&#8217;t go away, but you can laugh with a friend while you clean up the glass which gets everywhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AW041826-2.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"657\" src=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AW041826-2-1024x657.jpeg\" alt=\"I second this send help!\" class=\"wp-image-29614\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AW041826-2-1024x657.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AW041826-2-300x192.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AW041826-2-768x493.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AW041826-2.jpeg 1358w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">I second this send help!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>See my answer to the other rock recipient: the best path is to find other humans in the same boat and work together.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s not just you, things are rough for lots of people right now. The most important thing for humans seems to be other humans, so my advice is to reach out to someone. Call or text that friend you haven&#8217;t talked to in a while, or your relative you miss. Do something nice for a &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2026\/04\/18\/hi-wall-life-has-been-rough-lately-it-feels-like-rocks-thrown-into-my-window-how-can-i-stay-optimistic-sincerely\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Hi Wall, life has been rough lately, it feels like rocks thrown into my window. How can I stay optimistic? &#8211; Sincerely&#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-29618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29618","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=29618"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29618\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29626,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29618\/revisions\/29626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}