Happiness is the elusive El Dorado, both for those seeking it and for those who are merely trying to make sense of it. Definitions of happiness shift over time, and chasing happiness, as a Buddhist would say, can quickly prove a wild goose chase. In 2013 alone, Americans spent 11 billion dollars on products like books, lectures, and motivational programs meant to spur happiness.

Honestly, Mexico was never on my «bucket-list», hence the expectations were null. All I knew about the country was based on the HBS country case-study, Frida Kahlo / Diego Rivera heritage, and couple of movies, which totaled to a mix of fragmented puzzles.

Technically, Cyan James was my Couchhost in Seattle, but I felt more than that, as she has been everything I am admiring about people: extremely intelligent, kind, concerned citizen, open-minded, well-travelled, a writer, a scientist, a great human. She has not only hosted me, but helped me with editing an interview with Christine Sun Kim.