Dear Budget Therapists

BY FIONA COX AND LIVIA KIRPATRICK

The advice of the Kennedy Chronicle Advice Column is made by students, for students. While we will try our best to help you, we are not expert sources for more serious topics, but we do have one of our school counselors, Ms. Sherry’s opinion. Our advice is intended to support you and help guide your decisions, but you are not obligated to take it.

DEAR BUDGET THERAPISTS, I just started at this school this year. I feel like everybody is my best friend and I still don’t have any friends. What should I do?

Sitting Solo

Dear Sitting Solo,

It can be very hard finding your ‘clique’ or the group of people you want to hang out with. It may feel lonely or sad when you don’t have your clique, but you would be surprised how many people feel like you! Try to talk to lots of people (even people you may not at first think to hang out with!) and look for common interests along the way. If you’re still looking, try signing up for a sport or after school club, there you can find lots of people from many different places. You can also have your parents invite someone over or you could ask your teacher to do a lunch group with one of the counselors and someone you would like to know more about.

Ms. Sherry’s input: “I think it can be hard when there’s a big group of people to get to know to get to know a few people well and I think part of it would be asking maybe an adult for support or getting to know each other better.”

DEAR BUDGET THERAPISTS, All my friends all play soccer and it looks fun but I’ve never played before and they’ve been playing for 2 years. I want to play too but I’m scared I won’t be any good.

Sideline Sadness