When I first started at FIT, I was registered for eight classes. I was pretty much certain that the workload from these eight classes would be too much for me to function, so in order to clear some time in my schedule (and to maintain my sanity), I quit the job I had over the summer. Eventually, though, that list of classes was whittled down to six and now I only have school Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays. On the four other days in which I have absolutely no school and nothing at all to do, I’ve been finding myself increasingly bored. On Mondays and Tuesdays, everybody I know is in classes and on the weekends, they’re all doing homework. While I’ve been trying to find myself some sort of employment, I’ve simultaneously tried to come up with ways to keep myself from getting bored.
This past Thursday (when there was no school because of Yom Kippur), I went for a walk with my camera. I didn’t really have a strict destination in mind, I kind of just wanted to get outside and take pictures. Usually, when I take photographs, it’s for some sort of project or photoshoot that I’m working on. I hardly ever go out and just walk and take pictures. Plus, it usually makes me feel really awkward and self conscious to pull my camera out when I’m by myself. I really should do it more often, though. The experience, walking slowly through my autumnal Brooklyn neighborhood, pausing to admire things that I usually don’t spare a second glance, was incredibly gratifying. I not only killed some time while being productive, but I got to spend some time with my own thoughts and really enjoy the beautiful weather.
