From the center of the United States. The state of Iowa. I grew up in Marshalltown. I moved to Ames to study Anthropology and Biology and stayed for 10 years. I have been living in a vehicle and spent most of 2019 in Colorado; mostly in Boulder. I am high in Openness, introverted but travel has helped with my shyness and slowness to open up to people. I love exercise, I love exploring books, ideas, nature, culture, and crave new experiences. I love exercise and consider my fitness and health to be my most important possession and hope in inspire others to take care of their precious bodies. Love rock climbing (mostly bouldering), hiking, cold showers, overcoming discomfort. Want to learn surfing and paragliding soon.

Warum ich bei Couchsurfing bin

I am finally making travel a priority. I found a great paying job and worked for months while living in my car. Now I plan on traveling the world while teaching English. I will be in Thailand in November 2019. First in Bangkok taking my TEFL course and then probably somewhere more rural.

Interessen

surfing
podcasts

• meditation
• reading
• rock climbing
• anthropology
• science
• circus
• netflix

Musik, Filme und Bücher

Film:
The Arrival
Turbo Kid
Inception

Book:
Game of Thrones
Cryptonomicon and the Baroque Cycle series
The Alchemist

Music:
Alt-J
Radiohead
Coldplay
Gorillaz
Fleetwood Mac
Converge
Employer, Employee
Jeromes Dream
Usurp Synapse

Watchman
Walking Dead
Dune

Eine tolle Erfahrung, die ich gemacht habe

Donated a kidney.

Lehren, lernen, teilen

Against all odds, every single one of your ancestors - from the very first single celled life, up through the fishes, amphibians, reptiles, mammals, and primates - lived long enough to pass their DNA through the generations leading up to you. We are all unique, but also connected with each other and to every other organism the has ever lived. The direction and character of the epic journey that led to us is now in our hands

No one is strictly good or bad, but the best parts of others can be nurtured by making them feel cared for and understood. Attempt to understand why someone has done something horrible. If you can zoom in farther on the details of a persons life, the black and white is replaced by the nuanced texture that characterizes real lives. That is where empathy, understanding, and forgiveness can replace alienation, judgement, and isolation.

Was ich mit Gastgebern teilen kann

I can share my time, my words, my love. I feel that I am an expert at nothing so any advice I could give or skills I could teach are all things I am still in the process of learning. That said I would love to go rock climbing, hiking, and surfing with someone. I know more about the former and less about the latter. I am here to meet others, learn, and make mistakes.

Länder, die ich besucht habe

Canada, Ecuador, Italy, Peru, Virgin Islands, British

Länder, in denen ich gelebt habe

United States