Summit Up NH

I was voted most likely to succeed when I was a senior in high school. That was 30 years ago. I have succeeded at not being 18 anymore, and I am barely succeeding at raising one. I believe our society tends to look at success in terms of material things – the car you drive, the house you own, the clothes you wear, the job you have. All the things I never worry about when I meet someone new. Every social gathering I attend (it’s not that many for this INFJ personality) someone always asks “What do you do?” and I really dislike that question. What we “do” isn’t really who we are. I drive a 13 year old car that I bought for $4k, I rent a 250 year old house where the porch just collapsed, I have more hiking clothes than regular clothes, and I have a job that is fine. I have been having a pity-party for a few months now because what I “do” doesn’t seem like it matters.

I was recently challenged by someone who loves me to find other ways that I could consider myself successful. When the kids were little I used to blog, so here I am. Writing has always been a passion for me, and some people tell me I’m good at it. Hoping it will help me keep my focus on the things in my life that I accomplish and that really matter.

Introducing Summit Up NH, which will focus on my hiking adventures past and future, but also my life with my two teenagers and my two weirdo dogs and really anything else I feel like writing about.

The next time someone asks, “So what do you do?” maybe I’ll have a fun answer.