Where would you go to 'find yourself' (details)?

I would crawl into the decayed cavity known as my soul and talk to all the imaginary friends that I have murdered in the past. LOL

If I ever go looking for my heart’s desire again, I won’t look any further than my own
backyard. Because if it isn’t there, I never really lost it to begin with! Is that right?

I would get in my car,and travel SE to North Carolina. I took 2 weeks out to do a solo road trip and all I did to plan was to get a few maps,a place to stay,good music for the car,cash and too many clothes.Next time,I’ll just bring a swimsuit :)

I would hike the Appalachian Trail as far as my legs would take me.

Given your criteria, I would go back to the Middle East as a sniper. Parts of it are beautiful (Sharm el Sheikh for example) and I would be alone, except for my spotter. The first time I went, I got plenty of perspective.
My second choice would be to go photographing in Newfoundland.

Cape Cod is beautiful in the winter and no one is there. There are miles of dunes and empty beaches to walk on and to contemplate whatever it is you are looking for.

The New Hampshire White Mountains offer plenty of opportunities for hiking, but at this time of year you have to watch out for sudden storms.

There are plenty of back country lakes in Maine, if you want to go canoeing on your own.

And as @jonsblond said, there is the Appalachian Trail that goes through all of it.

I would either hike the Appalachian Trail, like @jonsblond, or head to the Thousand Lakes area and camp there. If I really had time off, I would sign up for a 6 month stint with Americorps, and do volunteer work in WV or eastern KY. Simplification and focusing, while doing good.

If I were to try and find myself, I would try to remember where I left myself last.

If limited to the NE US, I would spend time in Washington DC. Looking at all that Americana brings me back to my roots.
If unlimited, I would go to India. I love the culture, religion, buildings, music, and clothing. Everything is colorful and amazing.

Edit: Thousand Islands, not Thousand Lakes. Minnesota is the Land of 10,000 Lakes. That would be nice, too, but not NE.

Going anywhere to get away from it solves very little and is nothing more than a nice solo vacation. You still will come home to the same same you left and ran from….nothing will have changed unless you did. Very hard to do when kids, marriages, jobs and debts are on the line! Take a lots of pictures and enjoy the time way while you can.

Finding yourself isn’t so much overrated as it is unnecessary. I bet I can tell you exactly where you are: Stand up, look straight ahead… you see that? That life size, shadowy object right in front of you? The thing that’s blocking the light, getting in your way and obscuring your field of vision? That’s you. Yes it is. Right there in front of you. That’s why you think you’re lost, why you think you need to find yourself, because you’re blocking your own view.

(I could be wrong about that but that’s where a lot of people who feel the need to go looking for themselves ends up finding themselves. That’s where I was.)

O.K. Self found… you’ve gotten that out of the way. And now that you’ve found yourself I highly recommend losing yourself. Take your trip, do something all consuming and lose yourself in it.

Go to Long Island and learn how to sail.

Or maybe Annapolis if you prefer, but I think the New York Sailing School is the better choice.

O.K. That’s that, I guess. I’ve told you exactly what I think.

Well, you asked. :-)

I would go to Cape Cod in the winter. It is a great place to figure things out.

I just spent a few days running solo on the Skyline Drive through Virginia. Breathtaking.

I highly recommend the Adirondack Mountains. There are some of the best bed and breakfast places there in some of the greatest scenery on the planet! : ))

I have money and time. Heck, I would go to 34th street in NYC and go shopping and stay at a fine hotel and be pampered. And take in a play or two.
I know its not remote, but I don’t care for remote. That just means no people around, if you get injured, who can help you out.

@Pandora

But that’s kind of the point. You build your awareness, you allow your adrenaline to rise, and you learn quickly, because you are in circumstances where there can be true danger, not just the pablum served up by movies and television. : )

Well if you have a car, money, and time in this scenario, why not everywhere in the northeastern USA? Little town to little town….it’d be wonderful.

@deni

I wouldn’t mind doing that myself, only by motorcycle. : ))

If you are looking for yourself, this step is one of many that will get you there. But by all means, you are not going to take a trip and come back and have a lightbulb go off and “find yourself.” It’s not so easy. What you should do is spend some time with yourself and evaluating what’s important in your life and the life you want in the future and start taking stepss towards that. Like others said, you are only going to come back to the same problems you have now. Vacations rarely solve anything. The somewhat unfirtunate thing is what works for one will not for another. That’s why you are finding YOURSELF, not others. No one can tell you what to do or how to do it, but I do know from experience You need to know yourself before you can be with others. No one really enjoys solitude, but keep the people in your life that you know are genuine and you enjoy, but limit the new people. New is always exciting and great, but in the long run you don’t really know these people and they can steer you away from your track. Once you find your track, then look for the new people who are on the same or similar track – make sense?

@Ponderer983 Makes sense, thank you : )