Jochem

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I am currently

Description

Hi,
An enthousiastic, energetic, hard working and fun loving 48 year old, proud, very proud dad of 2 from The Netherlands over here! I co-own a company with which we design & build turn-key interior projects for mostly B2B clients.

My life is fairly busy - but I make time to enjoy it to the fullest! With my kids, friends and also by myself. Which is why I signed up here ;-)

I really enjoy my work, where I'm responsible for marketing, sales and concept development. At home I'm trying to be a bit of a carpenter: I've made several pieces of furniture, both for indoor and outdoor use. I'm a home cook (been a member of a cooking club for about 10 years now, but wouldn't say I'm the go-to-guy for 6 course dinners :-)). My kids enjoy helping out with both the making of cool stuff and cooking and I enjoy learning them how to do it.

Just got back into working out (mostly compound exercises) I do believe I'm physically more than able to handle the workaway-work as shown on the website.

Now for the part where I tell you about making my Workaway dream come true: ever since I made a roadtrip to Kentucky in '14 I fell in love with small town America, country life and its hospitality - making me want to experience even more of it! Working hard together, helping eachother out, hanging out on a porch, building a campfire, gazing at the stars and as such enjoying life. How cool would it be to help a host out with all sorts of work and getting to know them, their family, their community and making their world a bit better while making this dream of mine come true?

And so I did: my very first Workaway adventure took place in June '22 (after 2.5 years of planning and postponing plans due to the pandemic) in Conner, Montana. I couldn't have asked for more. Well, maybe a bit more in the form of yet another Workaway adventure. Which I planned on having in Oct '23 together with my son, but unfortunately he got injured at school, so we had to cancel our plans.

Looking forward to another adventure in '24!

Please ask me any question you'd like to ask, I would love to get to know you better!

Interests

Languages

Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Dutch: Fluent
German: Beginner
French: Beginner

More details about my language interests
Always interested in improving my English. Took 4 Spanish lessons, would like to learn to speak it.

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Skills and knowledge I'd like to share or learn

I'm interested in:  

Languages

Gardening

Being an elderly companion

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Some knowledge of:  

General Maintenance

Creating/ Cooking family meals

Art Projects

Teaching

Charity Work

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Able to teach about:  

DIY and building projects

Helping around the house

More details about your skills

Woodworking / simple construction work- I enjoy working with (power)tools.
Painting- show me the project, give me the paint and I'll get it done.
Cooking- no 6 course meals, but I know my way around a kitchen and different cuisines.
Marketing & sales- positioning a brand, translating USP's into value adding propositions.
Project management- let's look at the tasks at hand, organize and plan the activities and work hard on getting results.

Languages- besides Dutch, my English is good, I speak a bit of French and German. Spanish is up on the list of languages I'd like to learn to speak.

Generally speaking: I like to work hard, don't mind getting my hands dirty and enjoy myself doing this.

Age

48

What else ...

Born and raised in The Netherlands, meaning I'm straight forward. Everybody has their fair share of what life threw at them, me included. That's why I'm expanding my horizon, meeting new people/cultures and would love to travel more to meet those people/cultures. Let's exchnge stories and experiences!

Some more information

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  Smoker

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  Driver's licence

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  Allergies
  I'm allergic to dishonest people, as I'm a 'what you see is what you get' kind of guy ;-)

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  Special dietary requirements
  Love to learn all different kinds of cuisines!