Hi everyone!

My name is Abbi Settel, I’m a 21-year old senior at St. Cloud State University. I’m studying Rhetoric and Writing, with goals of pursuing law school. But until then, I’m a broke waitress at a sports bar and also work part time as a writing tutor. When I’m not working or in school, I like to grab a latte (or long island) with my friends, binge watch hours of true crime documentaries with my cat, Snooki, or eat chicken nuggets and watch TikToks on my couch. 

I’ve always been a neurotic, hot mess with poor stress management skills. I basically have two states of existence: unmotivated and stressed to the point of unhelpful procrastination or too motivated and stressed to the point of burn out. After my freshman year of college, I figured it was time to see a doctor about these habits. That turned out to be a wise move because it led to me being diagnosed with depression and anxiety. I finally had an explanation as to why I couldn’t seem to find a balance, I was always compensating. Now I had a name for my problem, but how do I cope with that? The past three years have been a roller coaster of different coping mechanisms, some of which were successful and some of which were a terrible idea. Join me on this journey as I try and figure out how to manage mental illness as a working student and work towards transforming from a hot mess into a hot success.