CURRENT MISSION

"The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me." -Ayn Rand

ABOUT ME

I am an open-minded, friendly person and really enjoy meeting all sorts of people! I have the best-of-friends and feel completely blessed to have such wonderful people in my life. I have the BEST of parents and two wildly perfect sisters.

I love people who have a PASSION for life and strive to surround myself with people who actually live. I am game to try anything at least once! I am a food junkie and thoroughly enjoy g.o.o.d. food. Nothing better than good food, good wine, good friends. I love being outside in the fresh air! Whether it's running, kayaking, hiking, I am down! It rains a lot in Seattle so when it's sunny I refuse to be inside!

I believe that traveling, especially alone, provides the best opportunity for personal and intellectual growth. There are so many different, unique places and people to see and meet! By getting out there and keeping an open mind, one can free herself of any predispositions and begin to understand the world in a direct, all-encompassing way.

FAVORITE QUOTE that serves as a guideline to my life:
"The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me."- Ayn Rand

GO NOW AND LIVE!

PHILOSOPHY

Quotes that inspire me:

"There is more to us than we know. If we can be made it see it, perhaps for the rest of our lives we will be unwilling to settle for less." -Kurt Hahn

“Why tell your grand kids you worked 9-5, five days a week for 40 years and quietly sat in traffic jams while people went to war, suffered disease and shot their own classmates? Tell them you refused to live in fear. Tell them you crossed the Amazon, saw the Lost Cities of Gold and met your soul mate in Casablanca. Travel to the ends of the earth. Go now and live adventures that will make your grand kids proud.”

"For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: 'If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am doing today?' And whenever the answer has been 'No' for too many days in a row, I know that I need to change something...almost everything-all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure-these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose." -Steve Jobs

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I just joined CS and am hoping to travel through it this next coming month when I backpack through Europe! Can't wait to meet new people and have some incredible experiences!

Interests

E.X.P.E.R.I.E.N.T.I.A.L. L.E.A.R.N.I.N.G

• dining
• wine
• running
• traveling
• hiking
• backpacking
• kayaking
• mountaineering

Music, Movies, and Books

.::MUSIC C C C::.
[Air] [Belle and Sebastian] [David Bowie] [Ella Fitzgerald] [Etta James] [M83] [Madonna] [Pink Floyd] [The Smiths] [Talking Heads] [Seu Jorge] [Bob Marley]

.::BOOKS S S S::.
[The Fountainhead] [One Flew Over the Cuckoos's Nest] [Atlas Shrugged] [Even Cowgirls Get the Blues]

.::MOVIES S S S::.
[Blow] [Catch Me if You Can] [True Stories] [Wild at Heart] [Scarface] [American Beauty] [The Departed] [Fight Club] [The Graduate]
[The Basketball Diaries]

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

*Ziplining through an alpine rainforest in British Columbia
*Two week mountaineering and sea kayaking expedition in the San Juans and North Cascades

MORE TO COME!!! That's my goal =D

Countries I’ve Visited

Bahamas, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Mexico, Netherlands, Turks and Caicos Islands, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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