Can I re-write the question? I always feel like myself.
Where am I when qualities of myself come out that I most like feeling? In the mountains, at around 6000 feet, all by myself, stinking of campfire, shivering, listening to a stream and birds welcoming the rising sun, while smelling my freshly steeped Peets, clutched in a hot cup between freezing fingers.
Conscious Engagement 
This is splendidly put. I would have to think hard about my answer. So glad that you have yours at the ready. It’s more than half a life worked out.
❤