Cocooning

[Merna]

To take [vacation] or [comfort] in the [solitude] ones own home --in effect wrapping oneself up, away from crowds or busy other places.

[Marquetta]

When someone excludes themselves from society and attempts to improve on a certain [factor] of themselves such as a particular skill, their personal appearance or an [assignment] so when theyre done they feel like a beautiful [butterfly].

[Mary Mallozziberg]

present participle of cocoon