living in a fantasy

I think, I've always loved to fantasize. To imagine different lives for myself, think about the smallest details. I think I've already mentioned here that I think "trying to live as many lives as possible" is my main goal in life, and, of course, imagining alternative lives and living them is one of the ways to do that. When I was a teen, there was a period in my life, when I felt rather lonely and unhappy. So, at some point, I found myself not just imagining an alternative life, but actually living in a fantasy. It was like my secret imaginary friend, just it was not a friend, it was an alternative reality. I would wake up and continue thinking about living there - day after day. I was living in a forest, we were a nice group of people, actually, all of us of approx. the same age, which must have been around what I was then - 13 or 14. We lived on what we could find in the forest: I don't remember actual houses, but our "chairs" were stones, they had a special name, because we used to clean them and designate their role as "clean sitting stones" or something like that. Our food was probably berries and mushrooms. I remember we used to have parties. And it was always summer. That's it, I don't remember any more details, but I do know that I lived in there for several weeks if not longer. And it used to really help me get through the day, which I went through quite automatically, without concentrating on it.

So, anyhow, the other day I woke up and had a ready-made fantasy to live in. Times are hard. Covid and sitting at home for a year is bad enough, but we've also lost two friends in the last six months. Both were taken from us by cancer, not covid. But does it matter? I'm so tired of feeling sad and just living through days without feeling happy. And then this fantasy came along. In it, I live in an old stone house - there's a village nearby, actually, that has such houses, so the fantasy is more concrete than just "some house", but obviously, I cannot tell you about the actual village. For many reasons. But just believe me, it is a special place, it's pretty and nice and it has an interesting history, and no one builds such houses anymore. So, I live in such a house. And I have no family, I live alone. Obviously, because this is something that helps me cope with loss, which means I have to have a fantasy in which I am alone and OK with that. Yeah. So, I live there alone, but the house is rather big, so I rent out rooms via some successful Airbnb alternative. And... well, there are many things I've already thought of.

The reason I'm writing about this here is that - I think, I'd like to fantasize about that on here. That woman is not really me. So why not make her a character? I might come up with a nice enough story to write down - afterwards. At any rate, I might end up having some fun with it. It will be my first friends-locked post series (if I go through with it, of course). You are welcome to fantasize with me, to comment and make suggestions, or - not to do anything at all. Everything goes.

Now, she just needs a name... I like international sounding names, names that sound OK in most languages... Suggestions?

Oh, by the way, I was thinking about the name Jane the other day... as in Jane Austen and Jane Marple. I always used to think "Jane" was a young sounding name, and I know even Jane Marple was young once, but if she's your main example, the name does not sound so young anymore, now does it? XD Anyhow, I wondered what associations with the nae you had. Is it an old-fashioned name? Do you know any Janes? What do you think about this name? (my character will not be called that, it's not an international sounding name, I'm just wondering)