Q: Describe a place or environment where you are perfectly content. What do you do or experience there, and why is it meaningful to you? I stop in front of the doors and enter my meditation state. I can’t see or hear anything. Images of the day’s events flash through my mind, all my problems and stressful worries. That one question on that math quiz during first period, that psychology essay I haven’t started writing, and that...

Hiking clears my mind. I feel the fresh air blowing through my hair, the plants swaying in the soothing mountain breeze, and the sun beating down on my sweat covered skin. My footsteps become in sync with my friends’ footsteps as we tread along the rocky steps. I greet other hikers when we past one another. With each step, I feel my body relax. With each step, I leave behind the concrete jungle city. Hiking not only clears my mind...

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