I'm a 24 years old Brazilian man that proudly by my own efforts at age of 20 became a government employee. I got a Law Degree, was single, making money... Everything that anyone could wish for.

But I was unhappy with my life and feeling miserable.

Suddenly I found myself doing the same thing, day after day, sometimes even dealing with "government's bad stuff". I realized that probably I would spend my all life doing that for 35 years till my retirement. 

The office routine was killing me. The comfort zone was extremely uncomfortable. No... there must be more to life than this, I thought. So I just gave up everything. I quit my job, left my house. Now I am traveling around :) 

____________________UPDATE 

I crossed the Atlantic Ocean from Rio de Janeiro/Brazil to Cape Town/South Africa on board a 40ft yacht - and that was my first experience sailing. My captain has being traveling the world for 30 years. The other crew member is a very skilled ex-racer sailor. They were diligent teachers during our 40 days ocean crossing. Now I know about the sails and technical terms, night watches, ship lights, basic navigation and weather, security on board. We even faced a 3 days and 3 nights storms together! Everything was amazing! I want more!

What new awesome adventures I am going to find during this journey that we call life?

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

This is an amazing way to know new people and to have new experiences. Meeting people with genuine lifestyles is all about couchsurfing!

Interests

People: your story, philosophies, way of life...
Art: everything that is beautiful and intense.
Voluntary working: basically is the mix of the 2 above.

• wine
• beer
• sailing
• oil painting

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: everything, every style, but mainly: rock/metal, Brazilian music, instrumental/new age
Books: about facts and curiosities, Ex: Everything is obvious (by Duncan J. Watts) or Freakconomics and Superfreakconomics (by Stephen J. Dubner e Steven Levitt)
Movies: it is hard to list, but the #1 for me is The Matrix.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Crossing the Atlantic Ocean in a sailing boat.

Teach, Learn, Share

I love to learn new things and love to teach as well. Literally anything.

Do you want to show me your screws collection? Awesome! By the end of the day I will have learned that there is an improved version of the Phillips screw drive that is called Pozidriv!

Do you want to listen about the Brazilian Justice and Law? Cool! Take a chair and some awakening pills.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Anything. I love to work and to help, to learn and to teach, to tell stories and to listen.

Countries I’ve Visited

South Africa, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil