Originally Posted by Ewfflyer

Also while you're building your total time, go get additional Private Pilot ratings, such as the multi-add on, sea-plane, complex endorsement(required for commercial), high performance endorsement, maybe even the tail-wheel endorsement. Also you can work towards a Flight Instructor rating prior to the commercial, so once you take the commercial, you're ready to take the CFI checkride within a short amount of time. There's plenty of things you can do to build the time, and keep it fun, challenging, and interesting also.