WASHINGTON — Local junior Jessica Harding (COL ’16) released a statement yesterday that she is “just too busy” to deal with the crushing weight of responsibility she feels on a daily basis.

“I thought I could handle taking on another activity,” said Harding in an exclusive interview, “but it looks like I am going to have to swallow my pride and drop my debilitating anxiety.”

Harding’s (COL ’18) course load is just “too much” for her to deal with responsibility this year.

Harding says she has tried to find time to worry about whether she’ll be able to find a job after she graduates, but has been “crazy busy” this semester.

“I had to choose between feeling like I was slowly being suffocated by my workload or club rugby, and in the end I just went with my heart.”

Harding says she knew she was going to have to give something up when she was almost late to Rangila practice because she was stressing out about not having a boyfriend.

“Between class, practice, work, meetings, and feeling as though there was no hope left in the world, I was stretched too thin. I knew I was going to have to make some changes. There just isn’t enough time in the day to do everything I need to do and worry that I’m not smart or pretty enough.”

Harding plans to begin having panic attacks again next semester. “I won’t have class on Fridays this spring, so that gives me a whole extra weekend day to stare hopelessly at LSAT study books.”

“Of course, I’m applying for an internship on the Hill next semester, so I might have to push feeling like the walls are closing in on me until summer.”