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The True Feeling of Home
And the different ways of feeling at home.
Home is a concept.
To me it can be something completely different than it would to you — therefore it is a concept.
The concept of home consists of many things.
Most people would describe it as “in their house”, but that doesn’t always cover the meaning of it.
Home is much broader than a single place.
In this article, we’ll explore the various meanings of home and what it means to have one.
The first feeling of home
People have had homes for many, many years.
The first type of home that we know is the caves pre-historical humans lived in. Those were by nature created shelters to protect them from the predators around them and the bad weather.
After that, people started building more structured buildings consisting of sticks and stones.
Around 10,000 BCE, a development happened: the permanent homes out of stones.
A major shift.
People wanted to stay in the same place, they wanted a settlement. Sounds a lot like the modern-day concept of home.
Culture started to develop.
These places didn’t have a sheltering purpose, but now also socially and religiously.
More and more things were added to homes over the years until we arrived in a situation where we had all the materials we needed.
2024.
People start to feel disconnected from their homes.
They want to get out.
Travel the world and discover the freedom of not having a permanent settlement.
Are we going back to that hunters and gatherers mentality?
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