{"id":7288,"date":"2025-01-20T17:15:08","date_gmt":"2025-01-20T17:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blueleaf.com\/blog\/before-i-knew-it-i-was-at-the-top-skiing-alone-in-the-sun\/"},"modified":"2025-01-20T17:15:14","modified_gmt":"2025-01-20T17:15:14","slug":"before-i-knew-it-i-was-at-the-top-skiing-alone-in-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blueleaf.com\/blog\/before-i-knew-it-i-was-at-the-top-skiing-alone-in-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Before I knew it, I was at the top skiing alone in the sun"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Before I knew it, I was at the top skiing alone in the sun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It didn&#8217;t start out that way (entrepreneur&#8217;s life)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s been a weird year for skiing in the US Northeast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But we were determined<br>\u21b3 To have a family vacation while<br>\u21b3 My daughter was home<br>\u21b3 For spring break.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My wife came up but had to work that day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2192 So my daughter,<br>\u2192 Her girlfriend and<br>\u2192 I headed to the mountain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We skied the lower half all morning. Easier terrain, nice conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2192 Then the girls swapped gear.<br>\u2192 Skis to snowboarder and vice versa.<br>\u2192 Back to the bunny hill for them, So I went up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The terrain was steep and fast. My edges were sharp. And I flowed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2192 The clouds parted and I<br>\u2192 Was alone at the top<br>\u2192 In the sun. Sigh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As I took the photo:<br>\u21b3 I thought about how many times<br>\u21b3 I&#8217;ve gone my own way, alone,<br>\u21b3 And the clouds parted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Founding the business. New product. Going Remote-first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2192 Satisfaction comes in the little<br>\u2192 Moments after we commit<br>\u2192 To our own path.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each time the clouds parted and the sun shined.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2192 The next day we all<br>\u2192 Skied together.<br>\u2192 It was a joy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But the feeling of that moment alone lingered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What paths have you taken alone that left you happy and grateful?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blueleaf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/alone-at-the-top-1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blueleaf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/alone-at-the-top-1-576x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6299\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before I knew it, I was at the top skiing alone in the sun. It didn&#8217;t start out that way (entrepreneur&#8217;s life) It&#8217;s been a weird year for skiing in the US Northeast. But we were determined\u21b3 To have a family vacation while\u21b3 My daughter was home\u21b3 For spring break. My wife came up but&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7290,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ideas"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blueleaf.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blueleaf.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blueleaf.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blueleaf.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blueleaf.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7288"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.blueleaf.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7288\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blueleaf.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blueleaf.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blueleaf.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blueleaf.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}