Personal Narrative: La Jolla Beach

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Seaside Serenity I remember as I first arrived at the beach, smelling the salty ocean air filling my lungs. I take a deep breath to savor the smell. I smell the aroma of sunscreen as it protects my skin against the sun’s warm embrace. The unmistakable smell of salt and fresh air is La Jolla Beach. My safe space, my sanctuary, my heaven. I remember sinking into the soft, warm sand surrounding me as it molded my figure, connecting me with the earth that lies beneath. I feel tickling rays of sunshine on my skin. As I open my book and begin to turn the pages, I feel its texture. I read as the words practically hop off the page and create a picture in front of me of its telling plot. The world around me fades as I envision the setting and characters of …show more content…

Around this time, I began my first semester at the University of San Diego. While I loved everything about my university—the location, the people, and the overall ambiance of the space—it was a lot of work! Being a freshman in my first semester, it took some time getting used to the workload. With the university being private and the classroom spaces being so small, they were particularly strict on schoolwork. That being said, there was a lot of it! So as students, my friend group and I often took beach trips to La Jolla to escape the stressors our school gave us. With this, being in a new space led me to many new hobbies. One of which included reading. In high school, I wasn’t very fond of it, as I felt I did enough of it in class. But in college, I began to learn the pleasures of reading and literature. After going to the beach nearly every weekend, I began bringing along a book with me and it soon became a routine. There, I was able to clear my mind of all my worries, really connect with what I was reading, and connect with the nature surrounding me at the same time. Doing this also made reading enjoyable for me and allowed me to create a relationship with literature and what it has to offer that I

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