As one can see from the overview I'm an 23 year old Dutch guy, which went into his studies of economics at the age of 17 and didn't stop until finished at 23. Besides university I regularly enjoy snowboarding, which started for me during the winter holidays with my parents when I was young. More recently I started surfing and diving. During the course of my third year Bachelors I started to look somewhat deeper into the meaning of life and started reading a lot philosophy, psychology, religion, history, quantum physics etc.. This passion has kept me going for the last two years, while I organized a national student wintersport trip and co-organized several wintersport and surfing trips next to my studies. My general understanding of society and the specific focus on sustainable entrepreneurship during my Masters has motivated me to search for ways to add positively to our society, both on an individual and collective level. Since I finished my studies my focus has shifted towards traveling and getting closer to my true self before starting a career.

Por qué estoy en Couchsurfing

In order to meet the people and places you miss when traveling as an ordinary tourist. Since the community offers you the opportunity to meet new people and participate in numerous events it enables one to observe new perspectives on life and living. In addition, the travel experience of hosts and guests can be the best advice to receive :)

Intereses

I'm overall interested in the dynamics of life and the intricate workings of the individual and collective consciousness. I love to read books on philosophy, ancient religions and ways of life and the general structure/organization of nature, the universe and everything that exists. The subjects of my master (sustainable entrepreneurship) have contributed to an overall desire to create value for society. My thesis has given me an overall, scientifically based, overview of the workings of society nowadays (which has some major downsides) and has led me to be inspired to search and contribute to a better basis for society.

• books
• dining
• cooking
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• music
• surfing
• scuba diving
• snowboarding
• economics
• entrepreneurship
• history
• physics
• psychology
• religion

Música, películas y libros

Overall, I love easy-going music. On the one hand, singer-song writer music from artist as Ben Howard and Alt-J, while I on the other hand intensely enjoy electronic beats that have an calming aspect to it. Think of artists like Klangkarusell and Kölsch, In addition, the occasional rapper that some nice philosophical lyrics and some classical music from Einaudi to study and read.

My movie preferences are often linked to the theme or underlying thought of a movie. In this category I mostly like The matrix trilogy, Promotheus, The green mile, Defending your life, The lego movie, Inception, Limitless

Some movies I enjoyed in general are The shawshenk redemption, Three kings, Rock n Rolla, Intouchables, Contraband, Lock stock and two smoking barrels, The Ocean's 11/12/13 movies.

I have listed and rated my books on goodreads.com https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/22672073-jeroen-boss

Algo increíble que he hecho

Once started a conversation with a man living on the street. This initially led me to take him out for dinner the same night. As his story made a strong impression I decided to continually support him financially and provide him with the use of my room and its facilities when needed. He even lived in my room for extended periods when I was abroad. Over the period of a year this has led the man to obtain a job and get financially independent again.

Enseña, aprende, comparte

I love to teach snowboarding, which I have done mostly in Austria and France for several weeks in the past three seasons.

I would love to learn to surf better and to get more experienced in diving.

I enjoy sharing what I believe to know/feel about life, society, the universe and consciousness. In addition, I prioritize eating healthy and I love cooking. This gives me the opportunity to share my knowledge on food and nutrition and best of all to share the meals I love to prepare.

Qué puedo ofrecer a los anfitriones

The occasional dinner accompanied by the conversations, music or movies that best suit the situation. I love to share my beliefs about life and the nature of reality and enjoy providing advice on what to read or watch according to the preferences of the person across.

Países que he visitado

Austria, France, Greece, Italy, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland

Países en los que he vivido

Netherlands