I guess I would describe myself as a curious explorer.

I live to explore and better understand the world we live in. I enjoy discovering new places, learning about their culture and history. I enjoy meeting interesting people, together sharing meaningful conversations and fun moments. I also really enjoy exploring nature, no matter what climate or the landscape. I spend my time not traveling either reading/writing about psychology and philosophy or working with UX and behavior design consulting.

While I don't have a spirit animal, I'm very down to earth and easy going. I do my best to not take myself too seriously and I believe laughter to be life's best medicine and listening life's most important skill.

I was born and raised in Sweden, but have lived in Sydney, Australia for the last 5 years as well as a couple of shorter periods in Colorado, US, and Shenyang, China.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I am a firm believer in that everyone carries with them an interesting story and something I can learn from. So I simply thought that for my 3 month Asia trip it would be great to try out Couchsurfing.

When I travel I'm also in general more interested in the people and the culture compared to the sightseeings. I'll rather spend a day drinking wine and chatting at café in Paris than at the Eiffel Tower or a night finding the best Peking duck in Beijing than visiting the Great Wall. So I thought Couchsurfing could give me a better opportunity to do so and I would like to give it a try!

Interests

I really enjoy connecting with people through good conversations, cooking, eating, music, philosophical discussions & learning from each other

I also enjoy moving and challenging my body, especially through dancing, gymnastics, hiking, diving, football & yoga

Lastly, I enjoy making someone's day a little bit better and that is why I'm involved in initiatives like Effective Altruism and Junior Achievement.

• writing
• dancing
• salsa dancing
• bachata
• cooking
• coffee
• yoga
• movies
• reading
• live music
• hiking
• scuba diving
• gymnastics
• languages
• philosophy
• psychology
• football
• tea
• learning languages
• learning new things
• gym
• deep conversations
• good conversation
• effective altruism
• altruism

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Currently latin music for dancing salsa & bachata. However, I grew up listening to a lot of Hip Hop, RnB & House music.

Movies: The Fall, The Dark Knight Trilogy, Interstellar, Into the Wild, Memento and surprisingly also La La Land

Books: Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, Stories of Your Life and Others, The Alchemist, The Little Prince, 1984, The Obstacle is The Way & Sapiens

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Read 100 books in one year.

I simply love to learn and explore the world and I find books to be a great way to travel through imagination and other people's experiences.

Teach, Learn, Share

Yes, yes & yes

As much as I like to learn, I also like to share and teach.

I would be more than happy to teach people about, for example, psychology, philosophy, cooking, latin dance, history, entrepreneurship, effective altruism, and languages (Swedish, English & Australian).

What I Can Share with Hosts

Great stories, Swedish/Australian cooking, a listening ear plus of course anything that I listed above

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Belgium, China, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Lithuania, Malaysia, Monaco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Scotland, Spain, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Sweden, United States