I´m 30 years old,
I´m single,
I don´t have kids,
I don´t smoke
I like sports like swimming, playing tennis

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Meeting new people, and this is my personal though about it.
Get this, you step a foot outside of your door to run errands, go to a social event or go for a walk. Thoughts like, “I hope I don’t see anyone I know” or “please no one talk to me” run through that mind of yours.

Trust me, I know — the number of times I’ve said such things to myself is ridiculous. The last thing you want to do is converse with someone, specifically someone new, while you’re wearing something embarrassing. While out, you sense a conversation about to strike… what do you do? Naturally, you go out of your way to look busy when every one in this world knows you’re just texting your best friend about how your crush hasn’t responded within 30 seconds.

Why do we go out of our ways to avoid people? Do we think meeting new people is a waste of time? Or are we just lazy and think that meeting someone new really is a hassle?

Communication is the key to life. We have been told that many times. Take the past generations, like our parents, for example. They seem to take full advantage of that whole “communication” concept because they grew up talking face-to-face while Generation-Y grew up staring at screens. It’s 2014 and we still spend hours of our days sitting on Facebook, creeping on our exes while we text our friends and ponder about all of the things we want to say to certain people that we don’t have the guts to actually do in reality.

So, what’s the big deal with meeting new people? Even Drake lied when he rapped the song “No New Friends.” Nowadays, we are so caught up in our little circle of friends — our comfort zone. We love that they laugh at our jokes, that they understand our feelings and can read our minds. Most importantly, they know when we want to be alone (that’s necessary, right?). They just get us.

Holding a conversation with someone new means sucking up, flirting, agreeing with things that you don’t actually believe and being someone you think they want you to be — it is, as I said before, a hassle. It takes up so much energy, and at some point or another, it is exhausting. Maybe it’s that Generation-Y was raised in an introverted way, which may be why meeting new people is extremely difficult for us.

Interests

Computer science
swimming
playing tennis

• running
• sports
• tennis
• swimming
• computer science
• science
• study abroad

Music, Movies, and Books

Cold Play and U2 are my favorites music groups

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Leaving my country to study abroad alone and start over again from zero in a new country

Teach, Learn, Share

Can teach spanish
Can teach to play tennis

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Colombia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Colombia, Germany, United States