CURRENT MISSION

Learn how the world learns

ABOUT ME

Warm and friendly, love to smile and laugh. Very interested in education and how people learn about the world, themselves, and one another.

I am vastly interested in empires, civilizations, governments and social organizations. My goal is to create a system of education that helps to flatten the social and economic inequality in the world today. My main aim in traveling is to learn about people and their stories so that I may more honestly and ably approach the job of being a teacher to many different kinds and types of people.

Despite these worldly ambitions I really am very simple minded and love to laugh and have fun like a kid. I always do my best to take myself as unseriously as possible so there is always plenty to laugh about. I grew up the middle child so there was plenty of balancing the supposed to be responsible attitude with the caring so little lots of fun is to be had one.

PHILOSOPHY

We are not all One, but we are not Two.

We are individuals down to our sharpest unique details, but we are endlessly connected and affected by anything and everything in the universes around us.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I participate so far by traveling and meeting people (doing all I can to make my stay as rewarding for the host as it is for the traveler), learning as much from them as possible to incorporate into my owns thoughts and dreams. I am looking forward to hosting people when I finally settle down in my own place (wherever in the world that will be).

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

So far, meeting people through CS has brought the most rewarding experiences along with great connections. I have been graciously hosted by many wonderful people and it has only given me more reason to stay addicted to the CS lifestyle and its many rewards.

Interests

Football (non-American), hiking, rock climbing, teaching, philosophy, environmental knowledge, and neuroscience. Meditating, debating, listening, smiling, laughing, running around in circles and jumping up and down.

• education
• cooking
• running
• traveling
• socializing
• hiking
• rock climbing
• soccer
• teaching
• neuroscience

Music, Movies, and Books

Books (although this is miniscule list):
Zen and the Art of the Motorcycle Maintenance - Robert Pirsig
Leadership Without Easy Answers - Ronald Heifetz
Redwall Series
The Source - James Michener
Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man - James Joyce
Beyond Good and Evil - Nietzsche

Music (anything except country really):
Guster, My Bloody Valentine, Bright Eyes, The Postal Service, Death Cab, The Notorious BIG, Childish Gambino, Phoenix, Billy Joel, Styx, Many many many more....

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

climbed a mountain in the Swiss Alps, swam with dolphins and sharks in the bahamas, floated in the Dead Sea, participated in a giant flash mob.

Teach, Learn, Share

Anyone and everyone has something to teach others. Anyone and everyone also has something to learn from others. I enjoy finding that something in everyone I meet. I know a lot of randomly assembled knowledge and research collected with the aim of finding out what makes a better human.

Specifically - I think I'm a good cook. I can teach organizational strategies (mental or physical). Mostly, I teach by example: positivity, openness, honesty, geniality.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Bulgaria, Cayman Islands, Croatia, Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Liechtenstein, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, Serbia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Israel, United States, Viet Nam