Wasting Time in Boston

Working Out

I probably spend way too much time working out, but working out is important, right? And it’s always a great excuse for me to get away from my work and do something else. Plus, the gym really energizes, right? Actually, I’m usually pretty dead tired when I get home from the gym, but whatever.

The gym is actually an even bigger time-waster when you consider how lon it takes to get ready to go, actually work out, and then come home and shower. But at least I’m in shape. Kind of.

Sometimes I wish I had co-workers. Then we could waste time together. Looks like fun to me.

Hanging in the Neighborhood

There’s a lot going on in my neighborhood and a lot to do on a daily basis (stores, coffee shops, etc!), so when I feel like wasting some time, all I have to do is step outside and there’s plenty for me to do. Good? Bad? You decide.

Oh, Peet’s. Sometimes you make me happy and sometimes you make me blue.

Shelves and shelves of everything at CVS. OK, so this is the antacid aisle, which I don’t frequent all too often, but still, look at all the options! You could spend all day in here!

Walking

I’m not a big fan of the T. Yes, I know the T is an efficient way of traveling around the city. More efficient than walking at least. But I would much rather walk everywhere. So, if I have errands to run anywhere in Boston proper (which is quite often), I choose to walk. And this eats up quite a bit of time. But keeps me in great shape, so I’m OK with it. I know, I’m already in shape from the gym, but a little more shape can’t hurt, K?

Spending all day at the BPL is like a dream come true to me!

Shopping at Macy’s makes me giddy, but is probably the opposite of what I should be doing on a work day. Oops.

If I worked in an office, then I could do things like this. And this looks like an absolutely fabulous way to waste time at work.

Talking on the Phone

When you work from home, you become instant therapist. See, not many people are available to talk on the phone at all hours of the day because they’re spending their week days in an office. I, however, can talk to anyone at any time (so long as I’m not at the gym). So, if one of my friends is having a problem or just needs to chat, they know I’m around and will most likely answer, so they call me.

And while I find these distractions very welcome, sometimes I realized I’ve eaten up half my day chatting on the phone.

Browsing Tumblr

Tumblr is a blogging platform that users tend to update all day long (causing me to wonder if people with office jobs even work). The thing with Tumblr is that it constantly tells me how many posts I need to read and I am constantly checking it to see what I’m missing. Then I spend a whole bunch of time looking for things to post on Tumblr. And then people post links that I get sucked into clicking on. And it goes on and on all day. And even at night I wonder what I’m missing on Tumblr.

See? Tumblr is basically the devil, but it’s oh so much fun. And I feel so much more informed because of it.