The Heights

Brooks Advocates Self-Reflection in Understanding Happiness

Carina Murphy • December 4, 2024

Happiness is not only a feeling, but also a skill that can be cultivated, according to Harvard Business School Professor Arthur Brooks.

An Exercise in Joy

Isabella Pieretti • October 27, 2024

Yesterday a friend said, “I have to become ‘adult me.’ I’ll never be this way again.” I rushed to say, “You’re still you though!” If we see graduating and whatever comes after that as the end of who we are, we do ourselves a disservice. I would hate to see my life peak at 21 years old. Wouldn’t you?

No Ordinary Res-olution

Chase Pinette • November 12, 2023

Boston College has a remarkably beautiful campus. While I enjoy many of the spaces this campus offers, there is one place that “does it” for me like no other.

Slowing Your Way Out of the Junior Slump

Mary Perez • October 29, 2023

After two years of existing as a clueless underclassman who can’t tell Stokes North from Stokes South, upperclassman-ship is finally upon me. The glitz and glamor of being a junior is nice, but nobody talks about the instantaneous rush of stress that comes with planning life after college.

Carpe the Living Daylights Out of Every Diem

Emmbrooke Flather • October 28, 2023

I fundamentally disagree with the idea of “finding” happiness. I believe you should make your own happiness, no matter where you are.

Playing Outside: Not a Childish Endeavor

Alli Hargrove • January 29, 2023

If society is going to realize how desolate the world would be without nature, people first need to take the time to recognize how diverse and beautiful the world is with nature.

Happiness, Sadness, and Sugar in Between

Eliza Hernandez • November 6, 2022

While my sleeves are patched with my heart all over, my skin is tough from needles and bruises. And as hard as I try, I can’t fake a convincing smile, but I can stare down glaring red alerts, warning that my life is in danger. I am sensitive. I feel my emotions hard and tend to express them even harder. I’ve sobbed while eating “chicken and two sides” in Mac, and I’ve uncontrollably laughed to myself on the treadmill in the Plex.