Snowflake Challenge 2019 - Day One!

[ella_rose88]

I’m participating for the first time in snowflake_challenge which is an annual event that celebrates fandom.

Today’s question is: In your own space, talk about your Happy Place—the things that give you joy, calms you or keeps you sane. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

I have different happy places, but in terms of fandom, I usually like to spend time following and talking to people with similar interests/views (whether that be on Tumblr, LJ etc). Recently I’ve joined Discord and I’m involved in a few chats where I’ve made quite a few new friends. What I like about fandom is that I can make friends with people similar interests and yet you talk about other stuff and you learn different things and develop new interests. I find that makes me happy being able to relate to other people.

With real life, I do have depression and anxiety so my happy places are being in my room, where I can be by myself (my parents always say I’m in my room, but I had to share with my sister until I was 19 years old so I’m making time up) and I can read a book (or fanfics), watch TV or my iPad, make icons or write fanfic. Also, I love being around children and find myself incredibly happy when I babysit my nephew. Sure, it’s tiring emotionally and physically, but spending quality time with him (or any children) gives me enormous amount of joy.

Comments

[tjs_whatnot]

I so get that getting happy around children. I'm a nanny myself and no one really gets just how much I love my job. ;)

[ella_rose88]

I used to work in child care so I definitely understand what you mean :) Thanks for commenting :)

[timetobegin]

Fandom is so great for that sort of thing - talking to people and being yourself.

[ella_rose88]

Oh I absolutely agree with you. It also makes you discover new things as well. Like if not for talking to people in fandom I wouldn’t have become a Doctor Who fan and several years later I’m still massively into it.

[ascendant_angel]

I used to work with children so I understand the joy they can bring.

It was Doctor Who fandom that got me into Sherlock, I wasn't hugely in the Who fandom but I remember people being in a hype about it way before it started, and thinking okay I must watch out for that when it finally hits TV.

[ella_rose88]

That’s the great thing about fandom is it introduces you to new things :)

[aeris444.livejournal.com]

Fandom can be a wonderful Happy Place! I also love how it can make us discover very different people from around the world through our common interests!

[ella-rose88.livejournal.com]

That's so true! Though sometimes I wish I could meet them all but living so far away makes it hard lol.

[keli]

When I was a teenager I was always in my room too and my parents couldn’t understand it. It was my haven!

[ella-rose88.livejournal.com]

You get it then! I should tell them that my room is my haven. My safe place.

[keli]

Yes for sure! Hopefully they will understand. I think parents have a hard time sometimes if they never needed or experienced their own little haven. My teenage daughter has never been one to hide out in her room but my younger son does. He plays his video games and chats with his friends over his xbox and I understand completely. My daughter gets depressed with the world a lot and sometimes I think if she would use her room as her haven she'd be better able to calm herself, she just prefers to be in the living room. I guess everyone is different.

[spikedluv]

I babysat my nephew when he was a baby (because I wasn't working) and I loved having him, but omg, I was so tired after just a few hours! We never stayed on playing one thing, it was from thing to thing to thing and my mind couldn't keep up. How do parents do this parenting thing 24/7?!!!