Yesterday, I gave my Introduction to Literature class the following prompt: When you're having a really bad day, what do you do / where do you go? If money, time, and travel were not an issue, where would you go and why?
Below is an unedited transcription of what I wrote in class in response to that same prompt.
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When I have a bad day, I really don't go anywhere or do anything - I just fold myself into my games and my home, putting on comfy pants, getting some hot cocoa -- perhaps a hot bath. Warmth seems to be key today -- though that may be a result of fall coming. I get lost in writing or gaming, a tv show, or a book. Something to take my mind off whatever it is. I often look for affirmation -- comfort from friends. Sometimes I want to talk it out, sometimes I want to forget it. IT all depends on what it is. Comfort is key -- sometimes nature is key as well.
If I could go anywhere, I think I would go somewhere with water. Camping. Unplug and unwind. A beach. I'm just now realizing my association with water as a soothing element. I wonder if this is because I'm usually closer to fire -- candles, campfires, heat, warmth. Perhaps water is a counter to that -- baths, rivers, waterfalls, waves. There is an allure there. I even find comfort in a rain day on occasion. It makes me want to retreat into that idea of comfort and warmth.
Water.
Warmth.
Comfort.
"Earth's the right place for live: I don't know where it's likely to go better"
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