CURRENT MISSION

To live in the moment and experience everything life has to offer AND to help those around me do the same.

ABOUT ME

Outgoing, adventurous, open-minded, and free-spirited. I love meeting all sorts of people and sharing knowledge, ideas, and experiences. I have a bunch of random interests, and chances are we won't run out of things to talk about.

I value friends, family, balance, trying new things, great conversation, human connection, keeping the options open, and living in the moment.

PHILOSOPHY

Practical Hedonism + Mindful Living + Giving

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I'm a CouchSurfing newbie and excited to start building my experiences!

I joined CouchSurfing many years ago because I loved the concept, philosophy, and the types of people it seemed to attract. Because of living situations and circumstance, I wasn't able to participate much, but now I'm ready to get back into it!

Interests

learning new things, riding my motorcycle, random and miscellaneous adventures, spontaneity, Burning Man, mental health, health and healthcare, photography, rock climbing, hiking, outdoorsy stuff, travel, tea, mindfulness, meditation, neuropsychopharmacology

• writing
• design
• graphic design
• photography
• running
• meditation
• technology
• traveling
• hiking
• rock climbing
• biology
• communications
• medicine

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: The Catcher in the Rye, Ender's Game, Call Me By Your Name, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, Maus I/II, Persepolis I/II, The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, Me Talk Pretty One Day, Naked, Basic Economics, Naked Economics, Running with Scissors, Shantaram, Bret Easton Ellis...

Movies: Catch Me If You Can, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Star Wars Trilogy, Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Blow, anything Quentin Tarantino, Slumdog Millionaire, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl who Played with Fire, The Girl who Kicked the Hornets Nest...

Music: Anything that doesn't involve top of the lungs screaming, from Mahler to dubstep - depends on my mood.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Everything, everywhere, all the time.

Teach, Learn, Share

mechanical watches, technology, social media, molecular biology, healthcare, medicine, pharmaceuticals, motorcycling, rock climbing, travel, writing, copy editing, graphic design, photography

Countries I’ve Visited

China, Germany, India, Italy, Norway, Philippines, Switzerland, Thailand, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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