Defining True Happiness

I wonder if this person asking me why I live in Utica ever had these opportunities?

So, after I asked this person all these questions, and tell them about all the things I have had over the past 28 years, I think my biggest question for them would be “Are you happy? Because I am.”

I have had so many wonderful opportunities in my life and I think I was able to do all of these because I took chances. We all know now it is not safe to sit on a killer whale, but I did it. Traveling around the world and leaving home can be a bit scary, but I took the chance and loved every minute of it. Moving to Saratoga where I knew no one and lived out of a hotel for a month while I found a place to live, is not something a lot of people would do, but I decided it was a chance of a lifetime so I left my comfort zone and moved away.

It is these life experiences that I have had that have allowed me to be happy and content and to be ready to settle down in Sauquoit. It also makes me smile when all these great memories flash through my mind when someone asks me why I chose to live in the Utica area. And I think next someone asks me this question – I am going to ask them how they have gotten so lucky to live in such a beautiful place like Utica, New York.