What I’m doing now

This is a now page, and if you have your own site, you should make one, too.

Updated July 9, 2024, from my home in United States.

Learning Guitar

If you've ever thought you'd like to learn to play any musical instrument, and you're like most people, you may have purchased an instrument, messed around with it a bit, watched a few videos, and then given it up. I've felt called to play music my entire life, but ignored it because I was too busy doing other things. Here's what I'm doing now to progress: 1. I've been learning on my own for a week, finding easy songs that I like, then searching them on chordify.net, making sure "simplify chords" is turned on (for now), taking a screenshot of the chords, then printing them out for a handy reference. I have three songs per page. In one week I've learned to play the chords for four songs.

I've also signed up for 11-weeks of beginner guitar lessons, 1-hour per week and have a Schecter Omen-6 Extreme electric guitar in green burst arriving in the post this week.

Cold Plunging

I've cold plunged every day for a week and am tracking the water temperature and time in the water in a spreadsheet. It is surprising how 64F can still feel cold even after cold plunging at 54F.

Golfing

I picked up a set of golf clubs that are as old or close to as old as I am, a bag and a pull cart. I could have bought a better set, but I figured I would give these a try first and if I continue playing I can always upgrade. I've been playing a local 9-hole Par 3 course, usually with my wife and our elderly neighbor. We have a nice time and play usually takes about an hour and a half. The lowest club I hit on the course is a 5-iron on a 167 yards. Often I'm teeing off with a 7-iron, 9-iron, Pitching Wedge, and one one hole, a sand wedge. Last year I only played 6 rounds of golf and this year I've already played 5.