CURRENT MISSION

All I was searching for is me

ABOUT ME

I am a lot of things, but fun and easy going are on the top of the list. I am a writer and have been documenting my round the world journey in random word documents, on a blog, and on my facebook page. I also write courses for a holistic lifestyle college and have done a lot of marketing and business writing in the past.

I studied Music at the University of Iowa with a focus in Vocal Performance. After that I was the singer in a blues/rock band in Iowa City, IA for 2 years which I absolutely loved and I still sing all the time when I travel to new cities and meet people with a guitar!

So far I have travelled to England, Fiji, New Zealand, and Australia but will be heading to SE Asia very soon!

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And to get a little deeper since I believe this is a place where we should express our truths, here is something I wrote just the night before my last birthday:

As I sit here on the eve of my 24th year, I am forced to contemplate the purpose of my existence. I use the word forced, because the past few weeks I have been pushing it aside in hopes that the nagging feeling of my unknown purpose would somehow disappear.

The uncertainty that I feel hasn’t always been apparent. In fact, at times I have wholeheartedly believed I understand life and the world. Albeit the majority of my cockiness stemmed from some misunderstood teenaged confidence. Yet, looking back at some of these implications makes me honestly wonder how I even made it out alive. At 18, I believed that I would go to college and my degree would be the key to unlocking any and all success that I felt I deserved. Isn’t that a privileged thought? Or, maybe just the unadulterated view of the American dream.

And yet after completing that goal, it became clear that it wasn’t the true answer and I began to question whether the path I had created was even a pathway at all or just a blind direction I had chosen to follow. My frustration in finding an answer to this question created a wild animal inside of me. This animal is what some would call anxiety, but I call it my gift. My gift to create and write and think and fight for truth.

I used to allow my gift to hold me down. At times letting its unbearable pull force me to submission but as this time has challenged me, so has my gift. It was that pull along with the loss of the person closest to me that made me break the path.

I set out on this journey to find something, anything that would explain who I am and how I fit in with the cosmos. 9 months and 10,000 miles have passed me now and I still have no clear concept of what that is and yet I know I have to keep searching.

I am a traveler and a seeker of truth. My mind is full, but it is not yet whole. I am a gypsy soul.

PHILOSOPHY

Attempt to understand a person from any walk of life. Constantly seek truth and never accept less.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Have hosted a bit in Iowa City but am now using it to travel the world!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

So far it's been great! I am fairly new at it, but discovered it through a friend who has used it extensively and I am quickly falling in love!

Interests

Music, film, coffee, American Spirits, Christian Dior, The Beatles, iPhones, stylish hair, accessories, jazz, hats, wine, the Deadwood, interior decorating, my cat, did I mention wine?, scarves, the New Beetle, mirrors, vinyl records, wifi, Audrey Hepburn, tight jeans, espresso, military boots, any kind of boots, bamboo, flowers, veggies, and chocolate.

• animals
• cats
• writing
• singing
• performing arts
• chocolate
• wine
• coffee
• shopping
• thrifting
• flowers
• traveling
• socializing
• blogging
• music
• jazz
• guitar
• blues
• business

Music, Movies, and Books

The Beatles, Velvet Underground, Regina Spektor, Cloud Cult, Edith Piaf, Radiohead, Paul McCartney, The Kooks, Frank Sinatra, John Lennon, The Rolling Stones, Bright Eyes, Brahms, Adele, Paloma Faith, Sufjan Stevens, Debussy, Fleet Foxes, Zooey Deschanel, Iron & Wine, Bob Dylan, Wilco, Explosions in the Sky, Mozart

Stop-Time, Scribbler of Dreams, Shout, The Bell Jar
Jane Eyre, Rules of Attraction, The Secret Lives of People in Love, Man and Boy, Sex Drugs and Cocoa Puffs, The Virgin Blue, and many more!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Spent an overnight cruise and kayaked through Milford Sound the day after a huge rainfall. Absolutely breathtaking.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach anyone how to thrift shop like a champion! Whether it be a dress for an off kilter function or a brand new wardrobe, I'm your girl!

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States