CURRENT MISSION

Live, love, explore, and meet new people

ABOUT ME

I'm a 24 year old Buffalo, NY native currently living in the Emerald City. I love great shoes, great wine, and traveling as much as I can. I currently work as a project manager and can't live without good books, close friends, and Starbucks coffee.

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PHILOSOPHY

DESIDERATA

Go placidly amidst the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence.

As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons.

Speak your truth quietly and clearly, and listen to others, even the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story.

Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexatious to the spirit.

If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain or bitter; for there will always be greater and lesser persons than yourself.

Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.

Keep interested in your career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.

Exercise caution in your business affairs for the world is full of trickery. But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals, and everywhere life is full of heroism.

Be yourself. Especially, do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is as perennial as the grass.

Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth.

Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.

Beyond a wholesome discipline be gentle with yourself.

You are a child of the universe; no less than the trees and the stars, you have the right to be here.

And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

Therefore be at peace with God whatever you conceive Him to be.

And whatever your labors and aspirations in the noisy confusion of life, keep peace with your soul.

With all its sham drudgery and broken dreams it is still a beautiful world.

Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.

Attributed to Max Ehrmann 1927

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Live life with kindness and travel as much as possible. Surf and host and much as I can

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Have surfed in Istanbul, Lyon, Toulon, Geneva and Vienna. Met some incredible people and am so thankful for my hosts! Haven't hosted anyone in Seattle yet but would love to!

Interests

Alpha Gamma Delta, Destination Imagination, investing/global markets, mentoring, learning, running, dancing, working out, music, skiing, shopping, watching hockey (go Sabres!), fashion, coffee, meeting new people, traveling, musicals, reading

• books
• fashion
• dancing
• wine
• coffee
• exercise
• running
• working out
• shopping
• reading
• traveling
• investing
• music
• skiing
• hockey
• business

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Dirty Dancing, The Little Mermaid, My Best Friends Wedding, Love Actually, Sex & the City, The Reader, Beaches

Books: The Lovely Bones, Harry Potter books, The DaVinci Code, Angels and Demons, Pride and Prejudice, The Horse Whisperer, A Painted House, Summer Sisters, The Devil Wears Prada, I Don't Know How She Does It, My Sister's Keeper, The Other Boleyn Girl, The Red Tent, Still Alice, The Alchemist, The Shack, The Time Traveler's Wife, The Millenium Series, The Elegance of the Hedgehog

Music: Country, Rap, Pop, Lyrical, Hiphop, Musicals

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, China, Czech Republic, France, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, United States