{"id":311,"date":"2012-01-05T20:11:00","date_gmt":"2012-01-05T20:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/therecreationalgolfer.com\/blog\/?p=311"},"modified":"2014-03-10T21:49:53","modified_gmt":"2014-03-10T21:49:53","slug":"goals-for-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/therecreationalgolfer.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/goals-for-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Goals for 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Even though one day later is the same as any one day later, and we can start on a new path anytime we want to, there is something about turning the page to January 1 that makes a difference. We have had our year-end festivities, from November through December, and then there&#8217;s January. Thirty-one days of not much going on. So we get introspective and start to think, &#8220;Maybe there&#8217;s a better way.&#8221; A better way to do whatever it is that&#8217;s important to you.<\/p>\n<p>If golf is important to you, you&#8217;ll be setting goals for the coming season. Last year I didn&#8217;t accomplish much on the course because of my Grand Canyon hike, but I did get a lot done on re-tooling my swing. I also had a putting lesson last month that turned everything around. I can&#8217;t wait to go out there again and start breaking par.<\/p>\n<p>That probably won&#8217;t happen, though these things might:<\/p>\n<p>1. Get my grandson real good at this game.<br \/>2. Shoot in the 70s consistently instead of once or twice a year.<br \/>3. Get my next golf book published.<br \/>4. Have more fun.<\/p>\n<p>Each one of them is within reach. I&#8217;ll keep you posted as the year goes by.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s one for you:<br \/>Read <i><a href=\"http:\/\/therecreationalgolfer.com\/books.html\">Better Recreational Golf<\/a><\/i>. It&#8217;s full of little things that will make a big difference.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Even though one day later is the same as any one day later, and we can start on a new path anytime we want to, there is something about turning the page to January 1 that makes a difference. We have had our year-end festivities, from November through December, and then there&#8217;s January. Thirty-one days &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/therecreationalgolfer.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/goals-for-2012\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Goals for 2012<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4qtRQ-51","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/therecreationalgolfer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/therecreationalgolfer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/therecreationalgolfer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therecreationalgolfer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therecreationalgolfer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=311"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/therecreationalgolfer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/therecreationalgolfer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therecreationalgolfer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therecreationalgolfer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}