The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/anxiety/)
Erin Scannell ’21, owner of Finn, the Big Red Bun, shares how her furry companion helped her overcome anxiety, loneliness and rejection at Cornell, reminding her to keep hopping along.
Outside the classroom, with the reduction of organized outdoor activity, many students blessed with some free time are looking to fill the void with new hobbies. For those Cornellians loading up on credits, spending an abundance of time hunched over a computer in our dorms, many are looking for a low-anxiety, low-commitment, screen-free way to unwind. Or maybe you’re just looking for a mental health boost — understandable amidst such an in-flux, crazy year. With all the time we spend indoors, and for all of the reasons above, I’d like to recommend a cheap, surprisingly rewarding, soothing way to destress that has become one of my personal favorite activities and can add to your day in a number of scientifically-proven ways. All you need are a few seeds, an LED light, some soil in a pot and pH neutral water to get started.
Perhaps no greater medium captures the tensions between scales than narrative, which necessitates the intricate minutiae of human happenings at the same time as it makes a bid for the universal.
I always thought the greatest superpower anyone could wish for was the ability to speak the right words at the right time. Its potential would be substantial. Businessmen could use it to swing negotiations; socialites could use it attract the attention of others; politicians could use it to push their agenda across. And I? Well, I could use it to get me and my friends to calm down a bit.