What's a Cabubble?

If you take the word cocoon and bubble and combine them, they become a "cabubble". That is my new Laurenism. A "cabubble" is a happy place of retreat in your mind when things, people and life are weighing you down. Have you ever been in the midst of a peaceful place IE: movie, music, work and have it interrupted by an outside force?

Example: you are at work doing your job..voluntarily.."by the way" and someone, your boss, co-worker rolls by like a tornado and begins adding to your workload or wanting to gossip. This is when you enter your "cabubble" as you picture your boss as "Shrek" and your co-worker as Steve Carrell from "The Office" and suddenly you feel a big fat smile invade your body and now it's impossible to stay in your office chair because you are laughing so hard! OMGosh I think I was talking about myself!

This method works for me because I have an incredible imagination therefore I laugh easily. Even in the midst of hardship the ability to enter my "cabubble" at will is my saving grace. BTW, it is an extremely successful coping mechanism. Another benefit is that it keeps my stress level down which I believe extends my lifespan.

In your "cabubble" you exist peacefully, you are not moved by everyone else's mood/moods, you feel more alive, and in the end you feel safer because you are the guard standing watch over your mind, your heart, and your soul.

Happy Cabubbling!!