“Creating a life that reflects your values and satisfies your soul is a rare achievement. In a culture that relentlessly promotes avarice and excess as the good life, a person happy doing his own work is usually considered an eccentric, if not a subversive. Ambition is only understood if it’s to rise to the top of some imaginary ladder of success. Someone who takes an undemanding job because it affords him the time to pursue other interests and activities is considered a flake. A person who abandons a career in order to stay home and raise children is considered not to be living up to his potential — as if a job title and salary are the sole measure of human worth.

You’ll be told in a hundred ways, some subtle and some not, to keep climbing, and never be satisfied with where you are, who you are, and what you’re doing. There are a million ways to sell yourself out, and I guarantee you’ll hear about them.

To invent your own life’s meaning is not easy, but it’s still allowed, and I think you’ll be happier for the trouble.”

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

One of the things I love the
most is meeting new people. I think the best way to learn more about new place is to meet people from the local community. That's why I always enjoyed working with people from different countries and that's why I'm exited about couchsurfing.

Interests

I love all kinds of art especially cinema and music.
Love watching five movies in a row.
Love lakes and love forests.
Love soviet architecture.
Love sharing new found music with friends.
Love awkward moments.

• architecture
• modern art
• documentaries
• gardening
• traveling
• hiking
• cinema

Music, Movies, and Books

My favorite musicians are David Bowie, Sly and The family stone, Joni Mitchell, Marvin Gaye, Talking Heads, Nico, LCD soundsystem, a tribe called quest, Elis Regina, Jil Scott-Heron, Pixies, Bjork, Can, Aretha Franklin, Cybotron, Prince.
My favorite movies are Hanna and her sisters, grizzly man, adaptation, before sunrise.
TV rick and morty, community, the wire, arrested development, ren and stimpy

Countries I’ve Visited

Belarus, Belgium, Cyprus, Finland, France, Germany, Israel, Montenegro, Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine

Countries I’ve Lived In

Russian Federation