Hello! I'm here hoping to make some new friends who may perhaps share some of my interests or pursuits below or who are perhaps at a similar point in their life and looking to expand their social circles!

I'm 36 year old who just moved out to the suburbs near Boston and am building a home with my lovely partner and our two dogs!

A conversation with me usually tends to have layers and it wouldn't be unusual to go through at least 5-6 different topics even within a brief topic - I find people fascinating and am always eager to learn new things and exchange ideas! I firmly believe in constantly evolving and working on self-improvement but am trying to strike a balance of being mindful and learning to appreciate the present more at this stage in my life. Here's a little a more about myself below and something about this post happens to tickle your fancy please

Activities that I immensely enjoy:

• Reading (non-fiction mostly but also selective fiction) I love reading history, philosophy and political literature in particular.
• Meeting new people from very different backgrounds than myself and learning more about difficult parts of the world, cultures and lifestyles
• Trying out new restaurants and new types of cuisine (Ethiopian cuisine was a hidden gem for me)
• Travel
• Following soccer (I'm itching to find a beginner level indoor soccer team in the area to play with on a consistent basis if possible!)

Among others here are my recent pursuits/interests:

• Training for the Boston half-marathon later this year having finished the 10k last month!
• Learning Spanish via Duolingo
• Learning how to cook well (boiling pasta and stirring up frozen rice doesn't count!)
• (Trying to!) Practice meditation everyday
• Read 100 books by the end of the year
• Learning gardening/yard work
• A fitness challenge with some friends where my target is 10,000 push ups, squats and crunches by the end of the year (I'm quite behind to put it mildly...)