I grew up in England and spent the last 4-5 years in North America.

I love to write, play music and travel.

“The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free.”
― Baruch Spinoza

“Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out.”
― Václav Havel

“What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.”
― Henry David Thoreau

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Once my girlfriend and I have our own place, we will start hosting again. At the moment, we're surfing.

I Couchsurfed in 2012 with my Australian friend, Lucy, during a road trip across all 10 Canadian provinces. I surfed extensively on a 2014 (mostly solo) road trip across the States, making plenty of new acquaintances and friends in the process (some of whom have since visited [and been hosted by] me elsewhere), as well as through Norway, Sweden and Denmark with a friend from home.

Interests

Writing, music, travel, philosophy, eggs benedict, green tea.

• writing
• traveling
• music
• surfing

Music, Movies, and Books

Music:
Jimmy Eat World, Radical Face, Rogue Wave, Death Cab for Cutie, Mew, Mae, Reubens Accomplice, Ani DiFranco, Regina Spektor. Midwestern 90s Emo. Math Rock. Folk.

Movies:
Into the Wild, Wild, The Big Lebowski.

Books:
Kerouac, Klosterman, London, Vonnegut, Asimov, Thoreau, Simmons, Callenbach, W. H. Davies, Hemingway, Bukowski.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Witnessed the Northern Lights in Dawson City, Yukon.

Teach, Learn, Share

Stay adaptable. Don't make too many plans. Go with the flow. Give everything a grace period.

Carry less stuff.

Keep a journal.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Chile, China, Croatia, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United States, Uruguay, Vatican City State, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom