CURRENT MISSION

Just Be.

ABOUT ME

I am a Peace Corps Volunteer currently serving in Bitola, Macedonia. I work for a local NGO and am involved in several other youth development projects around Macedonia.

PHILOSOPHY

I think having a philosophy is great and all... but... they are philosophies for a reason and often difficult to live and practice. I think that you have to be flexible enough to realize that no philosophy can contain you. But, I guess that's a philosophy in its own right, so despite that... I would say that the philosophy that keeps me the most grounded and centered is:

"Realize deeply that the present moment is all you have. Make the now the primary focus of your life."

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I am new to CS, but I have often relied on the kindness of strangers in life and so decided to open myself up to help others as well. I like hosting people at my home, but I'm something short of a seasoned traveler. I hope that during my stay here I will have a chance to travel and see some more of the world.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I just started using CS, but before coming to the Peace Corps I spent the summer couch surfing with friends in North Carolina. Although at times it was taxing because it required letting go of so much control, I think it was a great exercise to prepare me for my new life here. Looking back it was a lot of fun, and looking forward I hope to use those experiences to help form my couch surfing experiences for the future both in hosting and surfing.

Interests

I enjoy listening to music, watching movies, reading books. I like photography and graphic design, computers in general, anything geeky. I also love to write and story tell. I enjoy people, hearing and sharing stories, helping when I can, and just overall weaving new people into the tapestry of my life. I also enjoy my solitude and leaving time for 'me'

• books
• design
• graphic design
• photography
• exercise
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• music
• surfing
• volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: A Clockwork Orange, Cat's Cradle, A Million Little Pieces, Walden, A New Earth

Movies: Stranger than Fiction, V For Vendetta, Trainspotting, Evil Dead, Garden State, Eternal Sunshine..., Office Space, Donnie Darko, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Princess Bride, Requiem for a Dream, Lost Highway, Memento, (500) Days of Summer

TV: Lost, Criminal Minds, Modern Family, Wilfred, The IT Crowd, Californication, How I Met Your Mother, Doctor Who, Torchwood, Cougar Town

Music: Changes from moment to moment, right now I'm into Florence and the Machine, Gotye, and a random smattering of other music

Countries I’ve Visited

Puerto Rico, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Macedonia, United States