The Comfy Corner

Yesterday, I found myself being incredibly distracted in my psychology class because the guy next to me was legit snoring. It's gonna happen of course - I have found myself in a myriad of boring classes that conveniently prefer to meet at 8am. So I have discovered ways to distract myself...

1) DOING OTHER WORK- the best thing about being in a painfully dull class is that this is often a good time to get work done that you wouldn't have time to do otherwise. For instance, I spend this time memorizing lines, journaling, or working on scripts.

2) TEXTING - Our technological world has brought about a whole new set of classroom distractions. And phones nowadays can do everything. So, I text (Chris is always up that early), I Tweet, I Facebook, and I brainstorm awesome blog entries (like this one).

3) WINDOWS - If you are fortunate, you will have a window in your classroom. This opens up a whole world for daydreaming. You can people watch, you can look at the birds, admire the changing of the leaves, watch the clouds move and just generally detach yourself from the boredom of class.

4) BECOMING OBSESSIVE OVER YOUR NAILS - This is something that I resort to a lot. I clean my nails and I judge the quality and dryness of my hands. They are, after all, always right there in front of me.

5) DOODLING - This is a big one for me. I can literally look back through my notes and find a direct correlation between the amount of doodles and the dullness of the class. I found myself doodling a legit masterpiece on the borders of my paper the other day, this is a telling sign.

6) SLEEPING - If worst comes to worst, this is always an option. I try to avoid it, but sometimes it's too tempting. I typically try to be discreet about it, though. One time I fell asleep in a math class and I literally heard the "Hallelujah Chorus" playing full blast in my dreams. Another telling sign (that I'm a huge nerd).

7) PLANNING AND LIST-MAKING - If you couldn't tell, I love making lists, so when a class gets dull, I make lists. It makes me feel like I'm being productive, even when I'm really not.

I ended up having to wake up the guy beside me before the snoring got outta hand...