{"id":16,"date":"2023-12-07T20:22:11","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T20:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/allisonlambert.me.holycross.edu\/?p=16"},"modified":"2023-12-07T20:22:11","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T20:22:11","slug":"episode-iii-babys-first-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/allisonlambert\/2023\/12\/07\/episode-iii-babys-first-finals\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode III \u2014 Baby&#8217;s First Finals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi everyone! Wishing you the best, and hoping you&#8217;re well. I wanted to pop on here briefly just to check in during finals season, which can be\u00a0<em>seriously<\/em> overwhelming. The end is in sight, but it&#8217;s so easy to be consumed by exams, papers, projects, reports, and anything else you might be assigned.<\/p>\n<p>This is a unique experience for me, because\u00a0<strong>I&#8217;ve actually never had finals before<\/strong>. I&#8217;ve had midterms\u2014my high school was able to squeeze those in before the pandemic hit\u2014but finals are <em>completely<\/em> uncharted territory for me. Sure, I&#8217;ve written final papers and done AP exams, but I&#8217;ve never been in an environment with so many people all stressed about the same thing.<\/p>\n<p>Scratch that. I was in that environment literally a year ago today when applying to college. And, upon further reflection, I not only made it through, but ended up <em>here<\/em>!<\/p>\n<p>So, as it turns out, you actually\u00a0<em>can<\/em> push past adversity. But that doesn&#8217;t make those feelings of anxiety, stress, and fear magically disappear. The good news is that we are men and women for others here at Holy Cross, so remember that you&#8217;ve got a community to fall back on when you need that extra support. And if you&#8217;re where I was a year ago today, read above. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">You will get through this<\/span>. I promise!<\/p>\n<p>Have a wonderful holiday season, everyone. I&#8217;ll see you all in 2024!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi everyone! Wishing you the best, and hoping you&#8217;re well. I wanted to pop on here briefly just to check in during finals season, which can be\u00a0seriously overwhelming. The end is in sight, but it&#8217;s so easy to be consumed by exams, papers, projects, reports, and anything else you might be assigned. This is a &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/allisonlambert\/2023\/12\/07\/episode-iii-babys-first-finals\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Episode III \u2014 Baby&#8217;s First Finals&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":629,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-academia","category-holidays"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/allisonlambert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/allisonlambert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/allisonlambert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/allisonlambert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/629"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/allisonlambert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/allisonlambert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/allisonlambert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/allisonlambert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/allisonlambert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}