{"id":90,"date":"2026-02-09T21:02:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T21:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/sophia\/?p=90"},"modified":"2026-02-09T21:03:01","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T21:03:01","slug":"second-semester-scaries-how-to-survive-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/sophia\/2026\/02\/09\/second-semester-scaries-how-to-survive-them\/","title":{"rendered":"Second Semester Scaries and How to Survive Them"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The second semester, especially now that it&#8217;s deep into the Winter, can be a hard time for anyone.<\/p>\n<p>Less time outside, less daylight, more coursework, seasonal depression. All a cocktail for a call home at 9pm because you&#8217;re so burnt out and unbelievably stressed.<\/p>\n<p>There are ways to combat this! Let&#8217;s talk about it.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The best way I&#8217;ve found personally is to make sure you set aside time to be with friends. Work on making social connections, not just school school school.<\/li>\n<li>Additionally, make sure that you&#8217;re getting in enough exercise! Exercise can release endorphins, and make you feel SO GOOD! Even if it&#8217;s just a small 30-minute walk every day.<\/li>\n<li>Get support! You are never alone, even if it feels like you have no one. Talk to your friends, parents, teachers, and counselor. Anyone is better than suffering alone.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Sending lots of love and hope for a warmer season,<\/p>\n<p>Sophia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The second semester, especially now that it&#8217;s deep into the Winter, can be a hard time for anyone. Less time outside, less daylight, more coursework, seasonal depression. All a cocktail for a call home at 9pm because you&#8217;re so burnt out and unbelievably stressed. There are ways to combat this! Let&#8217;s talk about it. The best way I&#8217;ve found personally is to make sure you set aside time to be with friends. Work on making &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":170,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/sophia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/sophia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/sophia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/sophia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/170"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/sophia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/sophia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":96,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/sophia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90\/revisions\/96"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/sophia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/sophia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/sophia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}