Bryan

Travel information

I am currently

Description

My current path is leading me to living a more meditative lifestyle which I'm hoping to forever make progress. To have enough inner peace and contentment so I can just be instead of chasing endless external desires. I love workaway for the ability to be able to give back to the places I'm fortunate enough to visit. Instead of just travelling to tick off bucket list items, it's nice to contribute in whatever way is needed at each particular place. My hope is to the learn skills and knowledge to have my own off grid paradise one day. Or join in on a like minded community that's already established. To return to my roots if living simply.

I wouldn't consider myself an expert in one particular field and more a jack of all trades. I've worked on high rise construction projects doing painting, installing windows and basic carpentry. Would definitely be keen to learn to build log homes or tiny homes. I enjoy growing my own veggies and this year tried hugoculture for the first time. Would also love to try aquaponics and learn much more about growing seasonally and companion planting. I'm very into living with the seasons and keen to learn hunting and living off what nature provides. Also would love to learn about plants and the millions of ways they can help us in terms of food, medicine, materials and so on.

My hobby for the last year or so has been learning to produce electronic music. I'm hoping to get deeper into this complex topic so any workaway I participate in it would be a bonus to have access to a little electricity. Enough to power a laptop and keyboard, but this is not an essential need.

I enjoy hard and physical labour and known to keep going without breaks when I have a task to get done. I get into the flow state quite easily and consistently lose track of time.

Mostly I am ever evolving, learning and growing. To think how far I've come just in the last ten years it's almost unimaginable where or how I could be in ten years from now.

Interests

Languages spoken

English: Fluent
Sinhalese: Fluent

Skills and knowledge I'd like to share or learn

I'm interested in:  

Eco Projects

Animal Care

Charity Work

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Some knowledge of:  

Gardening

DIY and building projects

General Maintenance

Creating/ Cooking family meals

Art Projects

More details about your skills

My career is rope access technician which is a fancy way to say i hang off ropes on buildings or cliffs or anything else to perform a wide variety of jobs. This includes painting, installing anchors, drilling, installing banners, installing Windows, concrete patching and anything else you can't reach in a safer way. Ability to learn things quickly, general maintenance, basic construction, hardworking nature, manual labor, heavy lifting, boom lift (cherry pick) operation, scissor lift operation, forklift operation, painting, caulking, cleaning.

Age

38

What else ...

Workaway jobs I've helped with so far include collecting trash from the ocean while scuba diving in the Philippines. Working with carpenters to build yoga studios and glamping tents including laying concrete slabs in Canada. At a horse ranch in Canada doing roof tiling, repairing fences, cutting firewood, housekeeping, kitchen hand, painting and garden maintenance. Language exchange school in Colombia teaching kids and teenagers English. And installing some underground piping from new restaurant toilet to septic tank. Animal rescue shelter in Colombia repairing fences, upgrading the cat enclosure, building dog and cat beds out of scrap wood and old tyres, painting, building signs and animal care.

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  Special dietary requirements