I'm Bored

So you're bored, and have spent the last 45 minutes checking your email and reading through your facebook newsfeed. It seems like everybody's out doing something more interesting than you are because your newsfeed is, well, slow. And no one is posting anything interesting.
You could...take pictures of yourself on photobooth, keep wasting your life on facebook and watching re-runs of Gilmore Girls on Megavideo.com because your favorite show has few-no free links. Or you could.....


1. Purchase MacBook for Dummies and learn the ins and outs of your computer. 
I've done this myself and feel very accomplished.
Don't judge me! You're the one that's bored.


2. Get your favorite pen out and journal 
Note: I love Moleskine journals and write in mine almost everyday.

3. Attend a yoga class. 
I've been doing this once a week for about two months and I love how flexible and relaxed I feel. Granted, you won't see me getting all crazy and going into headstand yet, but I can do a backbend with relative ease!

For yoga class recommendations, click here. 

4. Go to Cambridge and people-watch or eaves-drop on conversations. 
I swear, it's not creepy! You just sit there with your book and listen to all of the different kinds of people talk about everything from their drunken-typical-freshman-at-MIT-rendezvous to a Harvard professor advising a student about what to write for their thesis. It's kinda...inspirational.

5. Come visit me at the commune! Kirk might be setting little tomato plants in little red cups all over the garden. Sarah, Bekah and I might be dancing in the third floor kitchen. You might find Brad listening to Pearl Jam in his room, making a video or playing guitar. Or we might be having a community dinner on the third floor.

6. Take a dance class. 
This is my bias because there are few things I enjoy more in life than dancing.

7. Think about the things you say you love all the time, but don't have nearly enough time or energy to do them. Well, you're bored. So this is a great opportunity to do it now.
For me, it's painting.

8. Pick up that old dusty guitar. C'mon Gordon kids, you purchased it sophomore year for a reason. It's time to learn some new chords! Grab a friend who's bumming around or schedule some time to have him/her teach you some new stuff.
I use Brad.

9. Make some delicious food for people and set a time for them to come over. 
Now, don't be that desperate bored person, who decides to throw a dinner party one hour before the prospective event. Your desperation and boredom will come through as needy and although spontaneity is great, chances are your friends' boredom and your boredom don't coincide on the same Saturday. Pick another time and plan ahead, so that you can prevent future boredom for the next weekend. Circumvent future boredom!