Joshua

Travel information

I am currently

Activities i am interested in:

Farming, Homestay/Homesitting, Hiking, Swimming, Residential work, Nature, Campfires, connecting with interesting individuals, Religion, Discussion, Yoga, Meditation, Travel, Good food,

Description

I am currently a Communications major at UCSB (University of California, Santa Barbra) but I grew up with great friends in a beautiful nature-centered town outside the city of San Francisco. I enjoy hiking, swimming, art, and road trips with friends. I am looking to explore all different types of work and life experiences. I want to get out of my comfort zone geographically and culturally. I am interested in purposeful work, on my own and in groups with new people. At the start of the pandemic, I stumbled upon yoga and mediation and became engulfed in those two practices and continue them to this day.

Interests

Sustainability

Pets

Performing arts

Movies & TV

Events & social

Drawing & painting

Yoga / Wellness

Self development

Nature

Hitchhiking

Farming

Music

Hiking

Books

Camping

Charity work

Cooking & food

Beach

Animals

Art & design

Cycling

Culture

Languages

Languages spoken
English: Fluent

More details about my language interests
Possibly interested in teaching english as a second language.

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Skills and knowledge I'd like to share or learn

I'm interested in:  

Charity Work

Eco Projects

Teaching

Gardening

DIY and building projects

Life at a Farmstay

Animal Care

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Some knowledge of:  

Art Projects

Babysitting and creative play

Helping around the house

General Maintenance

Helping with Computers/ Internet

More details about your skills

-Red Cross certified swim and water safety instructor, Employed at Mill Valley Swim Center, freelanced local community toddler swim lesson. Taught kids of all ages: learned to motivate youngsters, worked around their issues with fear to make them more comfortable in the water.

- Drawing and painting, mixed media. Lifelong experience

- Drummer: Performed live concerts extensively, practiced with many different types of musicians and different styles. Produced recordings of my own music.

- Amateur horticulturist: Raised and harvested plants. Attended to plant health through the life cycles of the plants.

- Self-motivated: can work on my own and stay on track. Also, flexible person when it comes to working with others.

-I am a very social person and enjoy collaborative problem-solving and group projects

Age

22

What else ...

I'm patient, understanding, and willing to learn. I like to learn how things work by taking things apart and putting them back together. I enjoy meeting and making friends with people from other countries and cultures. While I try to be a good conversationalist, I try even harder to be a better listener. I can work on my own and be satisfied but also love to collaborate with others and work in groups. With any type of work I do, one of my goals is to use the work as a vehicle to cultivate focus and mindfulness- an awareness of thoughts and feelings. At the start of the pandemic, with all the chaos it brought, I stumbled upon mediation and yoga and fell in love with the practices. I have continued practicing them to this day and they’re a part of the daily things I do to keep going. I enjoy sitting down and drawing for hours. I don’t follow any form or convention; my art is freeform. I find the process of creating art to be incredibly cathartic and important to my psyche.

Some more information

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  Smoker

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  Driver's licence

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  Allergies
  no

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  Special dietary requirements
  None, will eat anything.