I don't know if my "happy place" is normal. I keep thinking that the answer people expect to hear or what people are most likely to say is a certain room in their house, like their bedroom, kitchen, library if they have that much space for books.
My happy place is anywhere away from home. I really feel at peace in hotels, to be honest. It's just something about feeling like I'm traveling and therefore in the world. So if I feel like I'm out there and doing something, even if I'm not really, I feel calm. Does that make sense? It probably has something to do with moving and living overseas as a kid. I need to be in different settings in order to feel like everything is right and good, so hotel rooms might be the obvious choice, it's like moving into a new house, minus the fact you leave a lot sooner.
That's where I can feel relaxed and safe and happy. In new and unfamiliar settings. The same sets of walls every day tend to get me anxious so I need variety. But I can't often just find a hotel room and sit in it, can I? One, they are expensive. Two, there aren't many I can go to where I live. Three, I get the feeling there's a negative connotation with hotel rooms and feel awkward to say that I like them. Four, I am not twenty-one (the legal age to rent hotel rooms here). So most of the time I just have to pretend I'm traveling somewhere else and use my imagination that I'm nowhere near my house. Books help.
Hotels are such good places to be. They always seem so luxurious, and usually if you're at a hotel it means you're doing something exciting :)
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