Back to the Grind

The golf trip was great – weather between 65 and 75 and sunny everyday, very windy at times but I’ll take it.  Overall I played pretty well shooting scores of 93, 84, 88, 86 and 97.  We played 36 holes on the 19th and 20th and 18 holes on the 21st.  My hands and forearms were pretty fatigued by the time we played the last 18 – the score of 97 should make that obvious.  My chipping the last day was terrible, tired hands made for lots of chunked chips and poor distance control around the greens.

There were many highlights – nailing my new hybrid from about 210 yards and just missing a 25 footer for eagle, a 9 iron from 135 yards to within 2-3 feet, made a few 10-15 foot putts and lots of 280+ yard drives.  Overall I averaged 89.6 for all of my rounds – the last round of 97 raised that average 2 strokes.  I track my scores at freegolfinfo.com (not sure of another good free tracking service) and it calculates my handicap at 15.5 right now… I’ll take that.

Pictures from the trip after the jump…

I am Going on Vacation

I heading to Manning, South Carolina for a golf trip with a few buddies of mine Wednesday through Sunday – can’t wait.  I purchased a new hybrid and putter but it is highly unlikely I will get to hit them before I leave – they arrive via UPS tomorrow.  I should be able to get on a driving range while I am there and hit the hybrid around.  I am taking my old putter so if I can’t get comfortable with the new one quickly I can swap it for the old one.  The weather is supposed to be fantastic all weekend – Thur 75/some clouds,  Fri 58/some clouds,  Sat 65/sunny.  Little chilly on Friday, but 58 feels like 80 given the weather in Cleveland lately.  I have only played one golf course outside of Ohio (Kentucky) which is crazy considering I have been playing golf for probably 15 years.

I’ll post some pictures, course reviews and comments on the villa we are staying in when I get back.

-Bill

photo credit: hopvietravel.com

Take Control of Your Schedule

The entire time I was reading this article I was in awe – what an awesome way to take back control of your day at the office.  It is a 5 to 10 minute read and worth every minute.

Thinking through the feasibility of setting boundaries of when you are available, when you are not available, when you are open for meetings and for how long… may be a stretch for some.  However, the point is not to copy and paste this example into your life – but there are pieces and parts that may provide a bunch of structure in your day and at the same time provide what seems like an unlimited amount of freedom.

I originally read this on the David Allen blog – RSS feeds here.

- Bill Weber

photo credit: jay_que

Work/Life Balance

This is something I rememeber my Dad always telling me when I was (still am?) growing up – Balance.

You can break work and life into more granular pieces.  Life – immediate family, extended family, friends and self for example.  Work – subordinates, superiors and clients.  The simple concept is not to let any one of these, or “Work/Life”, to dominate your time and energy for an extended period of time.  You may work 65-70 hours in a given week, maybe even 3 weeks in-a-row – you will be out of balance for a period of time.  The key is to stay balanced over a long period of time – their will be ebbs and flows.

A blog I read on a fairly regular basis, The Art of Manliness, just did a piece on the Work/Life Balance.  While their target audience is men with kids, the concepts apply to both genders.

How do you deal with the Work/Life balance? Leave a note in the comments.

- Bill Weber

photo credit: star5112