CURRENT MISSION

Saudi Arabia

ABOUT ME

I'm that guy who starts the conversation on the bus, asks the questions in class, and rounds up everyone at the park for a game of Ultimate Frisbee. I freakin' wrote an ebook called How To Make A Friend In 10 Days.

What else? Let's see...

-I play drums and guitar
-I write every day
-I live to encourage people (to literally put courage in them)

PHILOSOPHY

I believe everyone is unbelievably blessed, but most are too scared to live like it. This tension, between gratitude and fear, is what I'm all about.

I have an amazing life because I'm driven by intense thankfulness. I want to inspire others with the courage to do the same.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I host when I can. I surf when I can. I meetup with people when I can. I love the community, so whenever I can, I try to participate.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Fantastic! I've surfed, hosted, and met with people through the site. I love the community. I particularly enjoy getting to know a new country or city, especially the food, through a host I've never met before surfing. I like to be the host in that kind of situation too.

Interests

-Daily writing
-Spontaneous travel
-Unique culture
-World religions
-Practical philosophy
-Behavioral economics
-Lifestyle experiments
-General amazingness

• culture
• writing
• books
• dining
• traveling
• blogging
• guitar
• drums
• surfing
• economics
• religion
• tourism

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: The Shawshank Redemption, Inception, Mr. Holland's Opus, The Sasquatch Gang, The Prestige, The Terminal, Bourne (except not the fourth one so much).

Music: everything from Dream Theater to Maroon 5 to Nickle Creek to... yeah, whatever!

Books: The 4-Hour Workweek, Thriving On Chaos, Purple Cow, Your Life As Story, The Prince, Night, Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, Three Weeks With My Brother

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Done:
- Finished two BA degrees two days before I turned 20 and an MA while teaching English in Korea for a year
- Wrote a draft for a 50,000-word novel in one month and over 1,000 blog posts within three years
- Ate a jar of peanut butter a day for a month

Seen:
- A space shuttle launch at night
- The Angkor temples in Cambodia

United States visited:
visited 31 states (62%)Create your own visited map of The United States or another interesting project

visited 20 states (8.88%)Create your own visited map of The World or Free android travel guide

Teach, Learn, Share

Bring a rice cooker, a power transformer, and a plug adapter if you move to Korea. You can survive on rice for a long time.

Countries I’ve Visited

Bahrain, Cambodia, Canada, Colombia, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Japan, Kuwait, Laos, Mexico, North Korea, Peru, Qatar, Thailand

Countries I’ve Lived In

Saudi Arabia, South Korea, United States