{"id":62,"date":"2019-12-05T17:09:44","date_gmt":"2019-12-05T22:09:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ajoshaug\/?p=62"},"modified":"2019-12-05T17:09:44","modified_gmt":"2019-12-05T22:09:44","slug":"sense-of-place-at-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ajoshaug\/2019\/12\/05\/sense-of-place-at-home\/","title":{"rendered":"SENSE OF PLACE AT HOME"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The lake adjacent to my house.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

            My sense of place resides in my hometown\nof Wayland, Massachusetts, which is about half an hour outside of Boston. It is\na small, suburban town with lots of natural elements surrounding my home and\nthroughout the town as a whole; my home with all its charm is where I feel most\ncomfortable and at peace in the world. When I think of my home and my sense of\nplace connected to it, my mind mostly wanders to the social, ecological, and\naesthetic features that I love about it. Because there are multiple natural spaces\nin the direct vicinity of my house, such as a lake, forest, and parks, my\nchildhood and life growing up were directly impacted by having open access to\nthe environment; this helped to foster my adoration for nature and my wish to\nstudy the environment in college. Another factor that adds to my sense of place\nis the beauty of it; the seasonal nature like changing colored leaves in fall and\nfat snowflakes in winter makes my home a visually appealing place to me. I am\nable to feel welcome and content while seeing this aesthetic in addition to the\nrecreational and social aspects that I appreciate. Despite these more\nnature-focused values, however, I am most drawn to the social aspects of my\nlocation of place; without my loved ones, family, and friends, I would not\nenjoy my home nearly as much as I do. I believe that in most cases, in order to\ntruly feel at home and have a strong sense of place to one\u2019s house, one needs\nthat emotional connection. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Forsythia bush in my backyard.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

            Throughout my life in Wayland, my\ntown has stayed relatively the same. Some development has occurred, such as new\nrestaurants or roads, but those updates have not negatively affected my sense\nof place; the direct area around my home and the natural spaces there have been\nuntouched, so my main sense of comfort has remained intact. Also, these new\nplaces allow for opportunities to arise for my loved ones and I to enjoy them,\nfurther developing the social side of my hometown. After months of schoolwork\nand stress, I was very glad to be home once I returned back from UVM during\nbreak, because it was nice to be in a comfortable, familiar place where I was\nable to fully relax. There weren\u2019t any major changes over the few months I was\ngone, so it felt natural to be back. My sense of place in my hometown has certainly\naffected my development and happiness in life; if I wasn\u2019t content with where I\nwas living, it definitely would be harder to feel at home and have the freedom\nto grow a sense of personal identity. Due to the nature around, I was able to\ndiscover my love for the environment, and having supportive social ties further\naided my development and satisfaction with life. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

            My sense of place resides in my hometown of Wayland, Massachusetts, which is about half an hour outside of Boston. It is a small, suburban town with lots of natural elements surrounding my home and throughout the town as a whole; my home with all its charm is where I feel most comfortable and … Continue reading “SENSE OF PLACE AT HOME”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5731,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ajoshaug\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ajoshaug\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ajoshaug\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ajoshaug\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5731"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ajoshaug\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ajoshaug\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ajoshaug\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62\/revisions\/65"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ajoshaug\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ajoshaug\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ajoshaug\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}