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CURRENT MISSION

To have a mental disorder named after me.

ABOUT ME

Hello, random person!

I was born and raised in Poland and have been living in Belgium for a while now. I fight my flaws, try to take myself less seriously, work on putting myself out there while being less shy and push myself out of my comfort zone. I experiment and learn new stuff. I enjoy little things and cope with everyday struggles, just like everyone else... Look how much we have in common already! (:

Since everyone on couchsurfing claims to be the most easy-going and open-minded traveler, I'm not gonna do that - BUT if you genuinely consider yourself laid-back, non-judgmental and you don't shy away from going out (which doesn't necessarily equal partying), drinking, smoking, playing games, talking until dawn and being wild and spontaneous - this might be just the right couch/surfer for you!
(Disclaimer: it doesn't happen every night, of course; I need my beauty sleep and can definitely be a couch potato at times.)

If this resonates with your restless soul and you too like when the magic happens (in all imaginable ways), read on!

TO MY POTENTIAL SURFERS
Be warned: I like spending time with my surfers; I might not necessarily show you all the customs or tourist attractions or traditional food, but I will show you my life as a local, and it doesn't get any more real than that, right? At the same time though, I want this to be an adventure for you, traveling through a foreign country, and for me, hosting strangers from across the planet; so you better get excited already - and make sure to get me excited too, with your request ;)

TO MY POTENTIAL HOSTS
I'm not looking for a free hotel, but for the same I offer as a host (or for anything positive). Until now I've had almost nothing but amazing experiences surfing various couches. I hope my stay at your place will be marked as fun and memorable. I hope you'll be glad to have accepted my request, and that this feeling will be reciprocated.

PHILOSOPHY

“The trick is growing up without growing old.”

- Casey Stengel -

Interests

- traveling (surprise-surprise!)
- photography (non-sponsored ad: https://www.instagram.com/katiszon/)
- photo- and video editing (mundane and fun at the same time)
- geocaching (I tend to lose things easily so I'm always happy to find stuff)
- reading (do cereal boxes count as well?)
- cycling (living in Belgium you pretty much have no choice)
- dancing (I suck at it but love it anyway!)
- yoga (no full lotus yet)
- collecting weird earrings (life's too short for ordinary jewelry)
- post-apocalyptic fiction (I like reading about it but don't expect me to survive more than a week without internet)
- urban exploration (I have a weird affinity with decay)
- learning new things (meaning: I easily get enthusiastic but have passing interest)
- riddles! (and anything that makes me think outside the box)
- photobombing (let's troll some suckers, shall we?)
- ASG (back in Poland I used to shoot people; hope to get back to that one day)
- DIY (I can paint a wall!)
- Internet, in all its facets (IMHO it's FOMO but TBH IDGAF ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ )
- performing experiments on myself (really puts you out of your comfort zone)
- exploring different levels of consciousness (words fail to describe these experiences)
- napping (6 year old me would've never understood this heavenly pleasure...)
- making lists (in case you hadn't noticed)

Music, Movies, and Books

Music:
The Black Keys * Korn * Apocalyptica * Selah Sue * Yann Tiersen * Scala and Kolacny Brothers * Absynthe Minded * The XX * Rammstein * Thievery Corporation * Nightmares on Wax * Nouvelle Vague * Technology of Silence * Bonobo * Massive Attack * Amon Tobin * Parov Stelar * Metallica * Daft Punk * Moby * Beirut * Dub FX * Gotan Project * System of a Down * The Beatles * Télépopmusik * Emilie Simon * CocoRosie * Enya * The Prodigy * Pendulum * AC/DC * Caravan Palace * Hooverphonic * Stromae * Chinese Man * Skeewiff * Alt-j * Weval * Worakls * N'to * Gorillaz * Pomplamoose * Tenacious D * Muse * Two Steps From Hell * Red Elvises * Caro Emerald * electro swing * ambient * chillout * Buddha bar * trip-hop * indie rock * rock'n'roll * rockabilly * movie soundtracks

Polish artists:
K.Nosowska * Hey * Lao Che * M.Brodka * Gaba Kulka * Czeslaw Spiewa * M.Jelonek * Pinnawela * Lona * G.Turnau * A.M.Jopek

...and many more.

Books:
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close - Jonathan Safran Foe * Metro 2033 - Dmitry Glukhovsky * The Godfather - M.Puzo * The Witcher - A.Sapkowski * The Lord of the Rings - J.R.R.Tolkien * Crime and Punishment - F.Dostoevsky * The Plague - A.Camus * I Claudius - R.Graves * Life of Pi - Y.Martel * Eat, Pray, Love - E.Gilbert * Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind - Y. N. Harari * Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything - Stephen J. Dubner, Steven D. Levitt

autors:
V.Suvorov * D.Adams * G.Orwell * A.Camus * T.Pratchett * W.Wharton

Movies:
Although I do enjoy a good/funny/make-me-think movie every now and then (amongst others: Amélie, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Everest, Lion, The Truman Show, Twelve Angry Men, 127 Hours), I'm more of a YouTube kind of girl; here are some of my favorite channels I'm subscribed to:
Vsauce * Wisecrack * Joe Scott * Kurzgesagt * Scishow * Shots of Awe * Wheezy Waiter * Anna Akana * Just Between Us * communitychannel * Cold Fusion * PsychedSubstance
...and I've watched far too many vlogs than I'd like to admit.

TV:
Black Mirror * Narcos * Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey * Rick and Morty * Bojack Horseman * F is For Family * Orphan Black * Game of Thrones * Breaking Bad * Friends * How I Met Your Mother * Hunter x Hunter * Death Note * Bates Motel * Eigen Kweek * Clan * Matroesjka's * Quiz Me Quick * De Mol

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Recommend me something! Be it a book/series/movie/band/website/app, or anything in between... I love expanding my horizons, so every recommendation is appreciated!
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One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I illegally spent a night in Ikea together with a friend, being way too old for that shit... True story.

Teach, Learn, Share

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-PXtz0R5ug

Put on the subtitles.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, Macao, Moldova, Montenegro, Morocco, Myanmar, Netherlands, Poland, Russian Federation, San Marino, Singapore, Slovakia, Spain, Thailand, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium, Poland

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