I am a professional, entrepreneur, serious student, and committed spouse. Traveling and hosting travelers challenges me to engage with alternative (other than my own) ways of living and seeing the world. I like seeing the best in other people and being my best self for others.

My spouse and I have been vegetarian for spiritual reasons since 2000. In 2005, we began seriously transforming our lives for healthier ways of eating, moving, and enjoying ourselves. I was diagnosed with diabetes in 2009, and I have responded by further committing myself to sustainable living conditions. I have since run a marathon and significantly reduced the amount of driving in cars and watching television that I do in my regular routine. I am excited for ever more adventures.

Warum ich bei Couchsurfing bin

I have not yet hosted or visited through CS. I am setting up a profile at this time primarily to help friends by writing recommendations.

Interessen

I love learning, especially about science, technology, healthy living, spirituality, and the logic of abundance. I enjoy computer programming as a career, and I have passions for hiking, climbing, running, science fiction, children's and adolescent literature, and the occasional video game.

• writing
• literature
• vegetarian
• marathon
• running
• technology
• traveling
• cars
• hiking
• rock climbing
• entrepreneurship
• logic
• science

Musik, Filme und Bücher

I love the diversity of fiction that allows us to experience and empathize for the lives of people we might never understand otherwise. I also love reading non-fiction when it tells a very good story or allows me to develop as a person or as a professional.

Eine tolle Erfahrung, die ich gemacht habe

Since 2010, I have stayed one night a week with friends in Madison, WI in order to work with my regular job. I telework for the other three days of the week. For the first three years, I stayed with a family who are now such close friends that we have adopted each other as chosen family. Since they moved away, I have stayed with an International-themed coop and have loved the companionship and unique experiences afforded to me by this arrangement.

Lehren, lernen, teilen

I am a technology handy-person, and I am happy to help fix computers, setup online accounts, install a router, advise on parental concerns, provide tips on how to use a Computer/iPad/iPhone, or otherwise swap advice.

Was ich mit Gastgebern teilen kann

See above.

Länder, die ich besucht habe

Argentina, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Iceland, India, Italy, Netherlands, Switzerland, Uruguay

Länder, in denen ich gelebt habe

United States