[General] I want to immerse myself in the rural tranquility after a year's tutoring.

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Every year, I'll spend two months in a mountain resort. It's a rural place. No busy traffic, not many people, etc. The rest of the year I'll stay in town tutoring students. I actually feel bored and tired.

Someone asked me why I love that place and I replied "I want to immerse myself in the rural tranquility after a year's tutoring".

Is my italic sentence natural?
 

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Someone asked me why I love that place and I replied "I want to immerse myself in [STRIKE]the[/STRIKE] rural tranquility after a year's tutoring".

Is my italic sentence natural?
It's OK with my deletion, but "want" isn't the right response to the question.
 

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Every year, I'll spend two months in a mountain resort. [...] The rest of the year I'll stay in town tutoring students.

Are there any reasons that you use "I'll"?

(I think I'll leave your question to native speakers.:))

(Edit)
Do you mean #9 here?
 

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Are there any reasons that you use "I'll"?

(I think I'll leave your question to native speakers.:))

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Do you mean #9 here?

A second thought: "I spend" will be better. But maybe "I'll" isn't wrong.

It's OK with my deletion, but "want" isn't the right response to the question.

I was thinking "I need", which emphasizes the feeling that I like that place instead of the city. Is the following better?

"I need to immerse myself in rural tranquility after a year's tutoring".
 

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A second thought: "I spend" will be better. But maybe "I'll" isn't wrong.
"Will" is not necessarily wrong, but the present simple is more natural.

I was thinking "I need", which emphasizes the feeling that I like that place instead of the city. Is the following better?
Yes.
 

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Need to/have to
 
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