Dear Fiona, I consider myself a political person. I have well-informed opinions on almost any political topic you can think of, and I enjoy thinking and talking about politics. The thing is, I don’t like doing it all the time. Not with my friends. I feel like recently what all my friends do is…
Ask a Former Stress Addict: Rekindling the Spark
Dear Fiona, I am losing interest in my classes. I really loved them at the start of the term — I used to be so into everything we were studying. All the readings were amazing, class discussions were great and I was so excited about the subject, but now it just feels like a chore.…
Ask a Former Stress Addict: Ask a Senior Success
Dear Fiona, I am halfway through my senior year, and I’m having a priority crisis. I have my class-readings and term papers, two capstones to finish by the end of the year, and I am also applying for summer programs and jobs and researching grad schools. I try to prioritize academics, but at the…
Ask a Former Stress Addict: Dismantling Failure
Dear Fiona, I am constantly afraid of failing in school. I have worked so hard to get where I am now academically, and sometimes I feel like if I don’t do well on a piece of homework or a test or something, I have completely messed-up everything, and I will not be able to fix…
Ask a Former Stress Addict: Trials and ‘Trivia’-lations
Dear Fiona, The Great Midwest Trivia Contest is coming up, and everyone here at Lawrence takes it so seriously. I mean, don’t get me wrong: I really like Trivia — it is cool and all — but I just don’t get the immense amount of hype that happens every year. I don’t really enjoy…
Ask a Former Stress Addict: Making LU Home
Dear Fiona, I’ve been at Lawrence for over a term, but I still don’t feel at home here. I don’t really know how to explain it. I mean, I like it here, but I just don’t feel totally comfortable and safe like I do at home. I’m not used to having a roommate, and…
Ask a Former Stress Addict: Keep Your Coat On
Dear Fiona, Wow, it’s dark and cold here in Wisconsin! I don’t even want to leave my room, let alone my dorm. Going to meals and events feels like a chore, I feel like I never see my friends, and walking to class is a torture. How can I keep from getting really sad…
Ask a Former Stress Addict: To Potato or Not to Potato, That is the Question
Dear Fiona, I’m really looking forward to winter break because I need the break from schoolwork, but all that time off makes me super unproductive. I like having nothing to do, but I don’t like how lazy I get when I have nothing to do. How do I get the downtime that I need without…
Ask a Former Stress Addict: That Big Paper You Still Have
Dear Fiona, I have a research paper due at the end of the term for a class I’m in, and I have no idea how to write it. It is supposed to be fifteen pages, which is so much more than what I am used to writing. How do I pick a topic? How do…
Ask a Former Stress Addict: How NOT to Lose Friends and Alienate People
Dear Fiona, When I get stressed-out, I tend to get kind of snippy. Normally this isn’t that much of a problem, because if I feel stressed and irritable, I just try to stay away from my friends until it has been dealt with. The thing is, right now, I am jam-packed with work and will…
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