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Asheville, North Carolina, United States
@peaceful_em
Member since 2012
CURRENT MISSION Do one thing every day that scares me and see what happens. ABOUT ME Just finished grad school and wondering what lies ahead. Hope to stay in North Carolina, but ultimately that's not up to me. I believe in living out of your comfort zone, and wringing every last drop out of each day. Impermanence is a central theme in my life, and I and appreciate the joy of starting over. In the words of T.S. Eliot, "We will never cease from exploring, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time." PHILOSOPHY Mindfulness is everything.
Interested in Adventure Sports
Interested in Beer
Interested in Coffee
Fluent in English
Why I'm on Couchsurfing
HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING Since I can't host right now, I am just enjoying meeting other local CSers. I haven't hosted or surfed much but hope to do more of both in the future. COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE All of the CSers I have met so far are fantastic people!
Music, Movies, and Books
Current music: Tune-Yards, Black Keys, Red June, Apparat, Little Dragon, MGMT All-time favorite music: Radiohead, Bon Iver, Avett Brothers Books: Steinbeck (The Grapes of Wrath, Cannery Row), anything David Sedaris, Running with Scissors, The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, Three Cups of Tea Movies: hardly watch them, but Samsara is a recent list-topper
One Amazing Thing I've Done
Just one? Every day is full of amazing things. But at the top of my list: trekking through moonscapes at 14,000 feet on the Annapurna Circuit, spending ten nights in my car in New Zealand and waking to the sun rising over the Pacific out the back windshield, and bike touring in the Southeastern U.S.
Teach, Learn, Share
My Interests
I live for the outdoors: hiking, backpacking, road cycling, anything that puts fresh air in my lungs and makes me feel small. Yoga, meditation, coffee, beer, good homecooked food, staying informed, following current events.
