Stack and Tilt - The Commitment

[jhawker23]

Day 1 - This will replace my little green notebook...

I have spent the past month mostly in frustration as I try to come out of golf hibernation. I half-@ssed a swing somewhere between s & t and something unknown that is closer to the classic swing style. It worked out as well as it sounds. The frustration has led to equipment changes, endless swing thoughts, wasted range and playing time, shuffling among books and a kicker of irritability.

All of this while not once committing to something concrete. To live in golf denial is as painful as anything I have experienced. You can torture your mind with thoughts and to not act on them is sinister. All of this to take the easy way out? There's been nothing easy about this past month. If I put 50% of the effort into a focused regimen I'd be trending downward towards singe digits and not trending toward the sky while writhing in golf pain.

I'm going on the 30 day s&t; diet. I am committed to investing my time and energy into developing a new swing and confidence in something repetitive. This is not to say I expect to be perfect in 30 days but I will know if s&t; is going to work for me long into the future.

While I may not be able to get in range practice every day I will at minimum work through mental aspects of the game. I do not intend to play rounds during the next 30 days. This is not a hard and fast rule, just a preference. I know when the work is there the results follow. Rather than wonder if s&t; is right for me, I'll trade wondering for working.

As I go to sleep tonight re-reading chapter 1, it is my hope I will sleep easier knowing I'm on a straight path and not wandering through the forest of swing thoughts.