A place where you feel at peace

​Some places seem to transmit certain feelings. Is it strange to think about staying in a simple place for a long time? Or am I the only one who fantasizes about things as if I were living in a Harry Potter movie?

My job is stressful all the time. Noise is part of my daily routine. Moreover, working at a school means you need to pay attention to many things at the same time: students, colleagues, and other people’s emotions. You have to be careful with everything around you. This is something I had never really thought about before. If you have a similar job, maybe you can understand.

Finding a quiet place may sound easy, but sometimes it is not. Those peaceful places are often the ones nobody wants to go to, or the ones that are very expensive. If you do not have enough money, it becomes difficult to truly enjoy yourself because loud noise and people talking can easily become overwhelming.

People commonly use headphones to escape into another mood, but the noise is still there. I once read that people listen to music simply to distract themselves from their current situation. I think that is true. It happens to me as well. However, being alone in silence with only your thoughts is not easy either. You have to face yourself, and sometimes the things inside your mind are even more difficult than reality itself.

I believe there are magical places that can transmit wonderful feelings. However, everything depends on whether you feel comfortable and in harmony both with your thoughts and with what surrounds you. Finding all those things in one single place is difficult. Maybe the only way is to keep visiting different places, such as cafés, parks, libraries, or quiet corners of the city, until one day you find a place that truly feels like peace.