I re-watch BBC’s Sherlock Holmes last episode of the year 2014 the bad guy and Sherlock explore their Mind Palace. I always called my Mind Palace my imagination but I decided this is a cool idea. So now I am going to call my imagination the Mind Castle instead of Mind Palace because I can imagine a castle instead of a palace for some reason.

My Mind Castle is a like a library of useless and useful things. I like to walk in its many isles and pick the next subject to leisurely ponder over. There are many places to sit and wonder away, sometimes a beautiful island where it is warm or sit in outer space floating away while music is playing. If I go far enough in the library there is a section of just doors of files already created. Choose any door and experience a whole new chapter of an existing file waiting for its main character to arrive, which is me.

I have done many things in these files; I am a villain, a hero, rock star, world traveler, lived in many neat houses or castles, time traveler, kicked ass in a zombie apocalypse, a queen, rode dragons, have magical powers, superhero, solved crimes, created cures, flew without an airplane, met celebrities, became a vampire and many, many more roles. Seriously, I go on forever!

My Mind Castle can also be useful. Like going over to the serious section of the castle and sit in a big comfy chair in front of the fire place, this place is where all my worries are. This place I can cry and not have to use a tissue. I worry about a lot things because I am human. I worry about very minor things to large things. Some worries never go away like money, health, etc. While some are minor and go away. Some can be huge and it feels like a big piece of garbage that was clean out and no longer needs to be added to.

In another part of castle is place where problem arise. This place looks like some kind of secret government faculty where everyone has white lab coats on. The most brilliant people are there and yes some are fictional. Anyways there is a huge white board in a very large room where all the people are solving problems, my problems. This place gives me the freedom to ponder over the problems and really think about them. Of course a lot of people have told me, I think about some stuff too much but in my defense I like to see all the options even when there is only one.

Also my favorite part of the castle is the creative part, this where all my really cool poems come from. My creativity is important to me and I to get hang out with all my favorite fictional characters and go on adventures with them. Or maybe write poems or articles about them. I also like doing creative things like color, cross-stitch, crochet and many, many other creative things.

My Mind Castle is a wonderful tool to use when I need to escape from life for a while or need to really think about things. So, if you see me staring into the abyss, I am actually in my Mind Castle having fun or working on today’s problems.