Summer boredom busters
80s revival anyone
Friday, 15th July 2011
Chances are, unless you’ve been fortunate enough (or muggish enough) to find yourself gainfully employed in a job or internship, you’re getting a little bit bored of this summer malarkey now, and could do with having something to fill the endless days stretched out ahead of you. Fear not, we are on hand to guide you through these challenging times with our suggestions of cheap but fulfilling ways to wile away your days.
- Set yourself a challenge. If you’re the sporty type, choose a distance that you want to be able to run/swim/cycle by the end of the summer and build it up each day.
- Make a film-a group of friends, a lot of free time, I make that video o’clock. Either start from scratch with a new film, or if you’re not feeling too creative, remake a music video. If you have a large make up budget (or less-than-attractive friends), why not go the whole hog with Thriller?
- Learn a new skill, such as knitting or using a diabolo. So your friends spent all summer sailing round the Mediterranean or backpacking through the rainforest rescuing endangered species, but I bet they can’t solve a Rubik’s cube in less than 60 seconds?
- Now is the time to try out that shedload of student cookbooks you got donated from well meaning relatives when you started university. Chances are, if you’re at home for the holidays, you have free access to well stocked food cupboards. Invite some friends round and impress them with your newly found culinary skills (just make sure you have a freshly dug hole ready in the garden, should it go wrong and you need to hide the evidence)
- Release your inner novel and write a book. It doesn’t have to be Dickensian standard-even Dr. Seuss started somewhere.
- Have a clear out and do a jumble sale. It’ll feel great to get rid of the clutter in your life, plus raise money at the same time, and you might discover some old treasures buried in your room that you forgot you even owned. Tamagotchi phase revival anyone?
- Relive your childhood. If possible, get all your childhood friends together and spend a day doing whatever it was you used to do in the summer holidays-climbing trees, riding bikes. It’s extremely liberating being able to release your inner child, and, somewhat depressingly, this is probably going to be one of your last chances to do so before grown up life gets in the way of the fun.
- TV boxsets were invented for situations such as this. Ever wondered what all the fuss about Glee is? Me neither. But if you have, now’s the time to find out.
- Start your reading for next term. Obviously this suggestion should only be taken with extreme care and as a last resort, after you have exhausted the thrilling possibilities of watching paint dry, grass grow, and Rebekah Brooks dig herself out of an ever increasing hole.
So fear not, and embrace the freedom to do nothing whilst you have it. You know all too well that it will soon be over.
