A Girl's Guide to Distracting Herself at an Internship

I shouldn't be writing this list and yet I am. Why? Because honesty is a treasure and the truth is that few internships are exciting all the time. Even when you're working at the company or organization of your dreams, you will undoubtedly have some downtime. After finishing your assignments and asking for more, you may discover that there's simply nothing for you to do for fifteen minutes, maybe even an hour or two.

Of course, you can always pester your supervisor or other employees with innocent intern questions but sometimes they are too busy to deal with you or you have run out of questions for the time being. You can read the company's handbook and/or website if you haven't already (you really should by the end of your first week, if not sooner) but maybe you've memorized their entire history and all of their policies. Let's face it: the coffee's been fetched, you headed to the bathroom four times already, and you've doodled on all of the scrap paper at your desk. How do you keep yourself entertained? Well, knowing this situation all too well, I've created a girl's guide to distracting yourself. The main idea is to be discreet and professional. Don't do anything that will get you in trouble (i.e., leaving the office to go shopping or painting your nails in your cubicle). Here are my suggestions, ladies:

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