Usable Misses
Golf: 77 on Friday. Best round of my life, mentally aces, totally focused for almost 4 hours. Played so well I was another person, basically.Golf: 4 days later, play like I'm in second grade. Can't hit a ball. Mentally useless. Utter disaster.
It's interesting how much like life golf can be at times. On Friday, every ball I hit was usable, even the balls I missed. I didn't have a single non-usable miss the entire round. On Tuesday, none of my misses were usable, due to a combination of awful ball striking and trees.
In life, I tend to discount the notion of a usable miss. If I don't do something very well, I tend to negatively grade myself. I'm trying hard to add the notion that there are usable misses in life, too, and when I get one, I should be satisfied and cut myself some slack.
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