Snow globe

Sometimes I feel like I'm a little too detached, a little too cut off from the "real world". I hardly ever even read the papers anymore - I'm too busy being a nerd within my field of research, doing arts and crafts and just existing in this little bubble I've created for myself. It hits me whenever I travel to the capital doing thesis research, seeing all the grit and gloom of a big city. I realize it when I encounter people living outside my bubble.

But the thing is, I like it that way.

 
I really do feel like I'm living in a snow globe. A safe and secure, fairly idyllic little snow globe containing sweet friends, caring family, beautiful surroundings, whimsical dreams and academical analyses, art and writing and all things inspiring. A place where worries and problems are temporary and managable.

They say the only way to evolve as a person is to get out of your comfort zone. There's some truth in that, but I'm saving it for later - for now, I'm perfectly content within my comfort zone. At some point I'll be thrown out of it anyway, so until that happens I'm staying in it. Staying safe and sound in my snow globe.