So I spent last week at the beach, meaning I have had NO time to make anything. Because of this, I have decided to flip this blog because it’s my blog and I’ll write what I want.
Entertainment is something we all adore, and given my unemployment this summer, it’s something I’ve been contemplating quite a bit these last few weeks. During the school year, relaxation and spending times with friends are of course some of the best parts of my day and week. I enjoy the downtime and love getting time out from doing all that super fun homework. In the summer, however, it’s so much about the relaxation that I have started to take the usual kinds of entertainment for granted. I’ve thought so much about the goods and bads of all of these things I thought I’d share them with the blogosphere.
First is the ever-important Internet. I love the Internet. After all, where can you find such funny, inspiring, informative things all at the drag and click of a mouse pad? Nowhere, that’s where! I have tons of sites to check on, laugh at, and enjoy daily. The past week without Internet taught me something important about myself, though. I am terribly dependant on my Internet routine. I get up in the morning and check a few sites, check Hulu for my guilty pleasure TV shows (more on that later) and maybe Stumble on a few things. Then I feel like I can start my day. At the end of the day, I hop on Netflix, get on Skype, and check my sites again. Usually, in the middle I am on FaceBook sometime. I’ve grown dependant and a little obsessed. So Internet goal for the rest of the summer? Cutting down.
Next is television, the easiest way of being entertained. My TV has hundreds of channels to surf through, and even if nothing is on there are onDemand shows at my fingertips. There is always something to watch. I am incredibly spoiled in that respect. Who doesn’t love spending the day catching up on terribly insane TV? I don’t know of anyone who doesn’t like to veg out a little. After a week of slow days, on the other hand, I start to feel kind of dull and dirty. My clothes feel overly heavy and everything just sits. I’m not an exercise girl, but even I wanted to go out on a jog or something to get over the repetition of the commercial breaks. That beings said, I’m keeping my TV night routine. I still love summer reruns!
Okay, so the two obvious boredom busters are discussed, now it’s time to get to my favorite: reading. I choose purses based on their book fitting ability, and the summer has always been a good time to fly through the stuff I don’t get to read at school. This summer, I’ve stepped out of the cheesedoodle books (all fluff, no content) into more intense and adult novels. Summer is the perfect time to lose yourself in another era. Unfortunately, reading is so lonely! You rarely get to chat about books, unless you are in a book club, and so it’s not the way to spend a summer. Lucky me, I’m on the quarter system, so once everyone leaves and it is just me, I don’t have to feel guilty about blowing friends off for a good read!
I’ve been so pumped this summer to spend some time at home with my family and myself detoxing from a crazy (and crazy fun) year at college. I am loving how I get to do what I want all day. On the other hand, summer is all about stretching your boundaries and what you don’t get to do while you’re busy working at school. The eternal battle is between just relaxing and making memories at home. There are a million other ways to have fun in the summer (hanging outside, with friends, minigolf, shopping), but these three ways seem to be my go to answers to the question: What do I do now?
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