Favorite Place Essay

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Knitting Room According to the article “Emotional Freedom” by Judith Orloff, M.D., everyone needs own space to feel the sense of happiness, freedom and belonging. Some people can relax in a quiet environment, others in a rowdy place, but the most important thing is bringing out the stress and feels better no matter how the environment is. Some preferred places can be rooms, libraries, parks, or anywhere to release anxiety, meditate, complete a task that makes feel has own space. I try many times to do my projects in the living room, but my children and husband always end up interrupting me. In contrast, my knitting room gives me a sense of something belongs to me, and no one can put me limits. It’s a place where I feel glad, relaxed, focused on a task and free to do what I want. My knitting room is where I like to spend most of my spare time since it is relaxing, brings me back memories and I can have personal time to complete my task without interruption. Nevertheless, for me, a simply way to concentrate is to be in a silent place. Unfortunately I am very insecure person and my room gives me the assurance that I can’t get elsewhere. My knitting room has merely the knitting and sewing machine sounds that provoke a sense of relaxation. Immediately, when I enter the room, and I sit on my old wood chair, the tension releases in my shoulders release the stress, and I feel confidence. The only noise in the room is the grinding noise of the sewing machine and the tapping of the knitting needles hitting each other when I make a scarf. Sometimes I finish a crochet baby blanket in a just couple of hours because I do not have distractions. Furthermore, I sew big quilts that may require me join two thousand small pieces of different colors of fabric to form a figure, make my mind isolate from what cause me stresses. After all the room provides me the relaxation and
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