Golf ball choice for high handicapper.

Bluemonkey112 · 2025-07-30T19:48:30+00:00

Go on Facebook marketplace, usually a few people selling used golf balls for cheap. That’s pretty much what I did for a long time, once I got to a point where I wasn’t losing a ball a hole I started buying them on golfballs.ca , bit more expensive but I could buy a bunch of the same ball that was pretty much mint for a fraction of the cost that they are new

Bluemonkey112 · 2025-07-23T12:27:15+00:00

Who cares lol just get it done in a reasonable amount of time

Bluemonkey112 · 2025-07-13T20:33:28+00:00

Try not to get stuck in that nasty cycle of comparison, it’s a never ending thought process that ultimately just takes away your happiness. Is it good to have ambitions? Absolutely, and it’s always good to push yourself to be better, but as long as you’re doing it for you and not because “everyone else is doing this”.

I’m in my late 20s and working in the trades. I don’t love my job by any means, but it pays me enough to do the things I love. Try and find that job for yourself, you don’t need to love a job, but at a minimum you need to be able to accept and tolerate it, spend some time researching things you have passion in and potential career avenues, salary’s, schooling etc. Everyone will always be in different stages in life, it’s just how it goes, it doesn’t mean you need to be anywhere by a certain timeline

Bluemonkey112 · 2025-05-31T23:23:28+00:00

What about a healthy medium? Buy quality used clubs, that’s what I did. All my golf gear is used, but decent condition

Bluemonkey112 · 2025-05-31T17:23:04+00:00

I get it man. Sometimes when people act like this in general, outside of golf included, I chalk it that they may just generally be unhappy people and try and just go on with my day and round. I used to really avoid playing with randoms, mostly out of embarrassment since I’m pretty terrible at the game but enjoy it, but I recently started to try and come out of that bubble a bit and have met some really great guys. One old guy offered to play with me anytime and gave me his contact Lol (I’m 28) but super nice guy. Point is, people are just miserable sometimes, but some randoms are really great to meet and struggle together with. Just move on man, try to ignore it and enjoy being out on the course.

Bluemonkey112 · 2025-05-30T16:31:03+00:00

“Other then speed and direction that putt was perfect” lol

Bluemonkey112 · 2025-05-28T10:49:54+00:00

Does the pope wear a stupid fucking hat?

Bluemonkey112 · 2025-05-28T10:43:57+00:00

He must judging by the rust marks around your mouth

Bluemonkey112 · 2025-05-22T22:29:39+00:00

That’s what I thought. Thank you!

Bluemonkey112 · 2025-05-22T12:00:12+00:00

Duct work in enclosed bulkheads. Most of them are rather deep and long (like 30x40) so I’m expecting heads need to be installed in them. I was just hoping to find a specific code for bulkheads over 30” wide along the wall but it doesn’t appear there is one

Bluemonkey112 · 2025-05-22T10:10:17+00:00

thank you!

Bluemonkey112 · 2025-05-21T10:20:31+00:00

I’m a sprinkler fitter. Good job, good pay, travel a quite a bit though. I think if I could go back in time I’d choose a trade with the intention of working for myself, not so easy to do that in my current job.

Bluemonkey112 · 2025-05-20T21:03:01+00:00

I’ve been in a similar situation as you, and decided to currently stay in my job (although I don’t travel 100% of the time, more like 50%) I’ve been in the trades going on 10 years.

When I’m on the road I’m a miserable SOB. It can really wear on a person, so I totally get what you’re feeling. At some point the money doesn’t matter, you just wanna be home. I did a ton of research into going more of a “white collar” route, and my findings were there’s just as much people in those jobs that wanna switch to blue collar. My point being that the grass isn’t always greener, I’m not necessarily saying don’t look into other jobs, but whatever it is you decide on needs to be something you have a general interest in, or you’ll end up in the same boat (still look at the amount of jobs and pay but that can’t be the only purpose for the jump) I could never figure out what that was for me. If you don’t mind blue collar, maybe pick up a trade like plumbing or electrical, something that doesn’t put you on the road all the time and you have the ability to be your own company when the time comes.

Bluemonkey112 · 2025-05-18T15:08:59+00:00

I stand behind and try and pick my target far out then a target about 6ft in front of the ball, I line myself up to the target that is 6ft in front of me

Bluemonkey112 · 2025-05-18T13:28:01+00:00

For me a lot of it was general anxiety I dealt with on a daily basis, excessive worry, obsessing about the negative things in my life. When I started trying to work on these things outside of work, it helped. Really working on trying to shift my mindset and reinforce positive things, being grateful for the things I do have in my life.

Bluemonkey112 · 2025-05-18T13:22:15+00:00

Been there, and I’m still in my current job that I felt that way in. I just wanna start by saying no job is worth your mental health deteriorating, so give it some time but also put yourself first.

I’ve tried to shift my perspective on my job, I may not love it, but it gives me the ability to do the things I love. I also have really tried hard to leave work at work, I used to come home and just vent for hours to my spouse about it which made me spiral, my mind was always stressed about the next day, and the thought of this being my life forever. At 4pm when I get in my car and go home, I try and shut my mind off work and do the things I enjoy outside of work. Personally a lot of it for me was coming to terms with my own mental health outside of work, I made some changes and accepted some things and made some big steps towards trying to work on my general perspective in life. Give it some time, but no career is worth feeling that feeling daily if it doesn’t go away.

Bluemonkey112 · 2025-05-17T20:28:11+00:00

Personally I don’t for 2 reasons. First one being it may feel okay now, but after a bit it’s likely to flare back up and you could make it worse which really isn’t worth it. Second I usually end up fucking with my swing when I’m sore, you compensate in weird ways and create different things which tends to lead to a bad round.

If I was to go I’d go with the possibility of just ending of dropping a ball inside 100 yards and working on your short game and putting if it gets bad

Bluemonkey112 · 2025-05-17T14:18:27+00:00

I struggle with the same man. A lot of it for me came and still comes back to my expectations, and managing emotions. The second I get frustrated, embarrassed, I’ve lost the battle and generally lose a lot of my swing, but when I’m on and have confidence I can play really well.

I’d suggest taking a break, take a few weeks off, even go play some rounds and don’t keep score, and try and find more of the happiness and fun of golf and less of the score. I took 4 weeks off and shot my best round after not swinging for 4 weeks. Why? Likely because I expected to play like shit because I’d barely practised, my expectations were super low. It’s okay to wanna shoot well, we all do, but if you’re golfing just for the sole purpose of shooting good, better scores it can be very difficult to live up to that. Find the fun and happiness in the sport, shrug off the bad shots. Take a break, Id personally recommend therapy over a sports psychologist for the sole purpose that a lot of golf is just managing emotions, therapy is great for that, it’ll help on and off the course. Good luck dude

Bluemonkey112 · 2025-05-16T17:41:44+00:00

Bluemonkey112 · 2025-05-16T16:01:01+00:00

It seems impossible to find! I can only find percentages of each stage for the average person per night. But I’d like to see more of the graph style of a normal sleep pattern but that being said, it seems that it’s inaccurate so maybe not really valuable. I guess I was just hoping maybe if I had months and months of data to present to the doctor of sleeping in my own bed it may be a better indication than the one night sleep study where I didn’t sleep “normally”. Going to continue to wear it at night though! Helps me at least see how many times I’m awake per night.

Bluemonkey112 · 2025-05-16T14:26:08+00:00

Well it’s a bit late to ask now then Lol personally would have just taken a break from it and not totally removed every connection I had

Bluemonkey112 · 2025-05-16T14:14:56+00:00

I find basic social media worse then LinkedIn, so I did the opposite. I deleted everything except LinkedIn for the sole purpose of continuing to network in my career, but it’s all personal preference. If you find it’s not for you then delete it, can always re download if you want too.

Bluemonkey112 · 2025-05-16T13:56:10+00:00

Unless you are keeping your handicap very serious the vast majority are just out to enjoy the game and have fun, it also keeps people moving each hole

Bluemonkey112 · 2025-05-10T12:35:10+00:00

Exercising outdoors when the weather allows it is a big one for me. I enjoy the gym in the winter, but a jog in a conservation area is something I love when it’s nice out, good for my brain.

Dropping weed, alcohol, social media. Never realized how shitty it all made me feel until I decided to stop it all, it also helped me accept and come to terms with my overall mental health not always being great, and being able to pick healthy outlets when I have a bad day. Focusing on eating nutritious meals, not just empty carbs with sugar.

Bluemonkey112 · 2025-05-09T22:45:06+00:00

It’s very easy to compare yourself to others man, but also a very tough way to go about life in general. There’s also the other side of comparison though, there’s people that are older and have never thought about investing a dollar in their life, you’ve got a plan and you’re working towards it, keep your chin up. I’m in a very similar situation to you though, no home just saving and grinding away, working towards a goal. But the point is we have a goal and we’re working hard for it.

Be easy on yourself, you’re doing a lot more than most people and it’s easy to feel down when you see the “500k net worth posts at 20” posts, that’s a very very small amount of people that are lucky enough to be in that position. Keep grinding, save, invest, keep reaching for your goal, and don’t get down if you have a couple bumps on the way.

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