Early this year I was finally able to get back into the gym on the regular. I was feeling incredible as more workouts rolled by… until I went too heavy on dumbbell bench press and suffered a slap tear in my right shoulder. My bad completely.
My doctor let me know it might heal on it’s own if I let it. Cool, I could do that. But there was no way I couldn’t be active after all that positive physical activity. So I explored if I could – and found I could indeed – throw discs without serious distress. So that began my near daily journey to a local disc golf course.
Usually I would lug around a bag with 25 discs or so but I wanted to experiment. I picked two discs with similar weight and stats and that’s all I took. At first it was typical and I could be all over the place. But after days, and then weeks of this daily routine I started seeing something cool. Over half the time my discs might land within 5 feet or so apart after a solid 40 or 50 yard throw.
So what? So it was a reminder to me that I hadn’t possibly thought of or experienced for awhile that consistency through constant practice is achievable. Something I can apply in all aspects of my life. Grateful for that.
A few pics from my first day documenting this.
An interesting lesson in consistency through disc golf
Early this year I was finally able to get back into the gym on the regular. I was feeling incredible as more workouts rolled by… until I went too heavy on dumbbell bench press and suffered a slap tear in my right shoulder. My bad completely.
My doctor let me know it might heal on it’s own if I let it. Cool, I could do that. But there was no way I couldn’t be active after all that positive physical activity. So I explored if I could – and found I could indeed – throw discs without serious distress. So that began my near daily journey to a local disc golf course.
Usually I would lug around a bag with 25 discs or so but I wanted to experiment. I picked two discs with similar weight and stats and that’s all I took. At first it was typical and I could be all over the place. But after days, and then weeks of this daily routine I started seeing something cool. Over half the time my discs might land within 5 feet or so apart after a solid 40 or 50 yard throw.
So what? So it was a reminder to me that I hadn’t possibly thought of or experienced for awhile that consistency through constant practice is achievable. Something I can apply in all aspects of my life. Grateful for that.
A few pics from my first day documenting this.
Zapier and IFTTT fail
I know when to throw in the towel. Posting a WordPress post to Instagram should have been doable without paid solutions or business accounts (so I thought). Ouch, zap attempts and IFTTT triggers and outcomes have failed me. So be it.
Terraform – let’s do it
I haven’t run across many DevOps job postings that aren’t looking for experience with Terraform. I have CloudFormation down naturally, but as it is specific to AWS it doesn’t provide the agnostic fluidity that many companies are looking for (though I suspect the vast majority of them are still deploying to AWS using Terraform!).
That being the case, I’m adding this specific service to my growing list of “things to know”. Will I get certified or just become proficient? Not sure yet, we shall see.
CKA Exam Simulator – Round One
I’ve taken several proctored exams for AWS certifications but haven’t had one monitored by remote observer like the CKA exam. Time to try out the simulator!
Working on Certified Kubernetes Administrator
What am I working on you didn’t ask? Fine, be that way.
I’m working towards getting my CKA (Certified Kubernetes Administrator). Why? Because kubernetes is awesome and I want to keep that as my primary sandbox.
I used to design structures (still can!)
Obsidian Stock was a thing
Like RUSH needed dragons!