TwoStepsUp
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I have recently been in a quiet period for golf purchases. Back in January I added a laser rangefinder and new driver, but things seemed to be working pretty well for me. There was potential for improvement between 3 wood and 4 iron where I was considering giving hybrids another try, but every time I tried hitting the used models at Golf Galaxy I had about a 50% hook rate. So I was planning on just sticking with my guns and working on my shooting. Until Monday morning.
I had just gotten back Sunday night from an overnight trip up to the farm, and when I was making trips back and forth to the garage, I had taken my clubs out to the car. My wife had been rear-ended on Monday, so I was driving an unfamiliar rental car (foreshadowing). Did you know that General Motors cars have the buttons on the key fob in the opposite position from every other kind of car I know (foreshadowing) ?
Come Monday morning, I headed out to the gym at 4:45, like always. When I got in the car, I noticed that the glovebox was open. My immediate thought was that someone had come down the street rifling through open cars again, which is not uncommon in our neighborhood. My thought was, "Oh, I must have screwed up locking the car, but that's OK, since it's a rental and there is nothing in here." It wasn't until I got out at the gym that it hit me.
All gone in a second. 14 clubs (plus the M5 and M6 7 irons that I was demoing, thanks to THP), rangefinder, and the new bag my wife had just gotten me a month earlier.
Since then I have been working through the stages. We have determined that there will be no help from insurance, and I can't imagine that anything will come from the police report. My immediate response was to rush into something, just to fulfill my Golftec practice session craving. But as the days passed, I realized that it would be better to take a little time and make sure I didn't rush into something that I would be wanting to replace in a year or two. I have my old driver and a couple of old putters, so a new set of irons would get me back on the course.
Just curious if anyone else has faced this situation, and what you learned. Any hard-earned wisdom on how to swallow a loss and enjoy the process?
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I had just gotten back Sunday night from an overnight trip up to the farm, and when I was making trips back and forth to the garage, I had taken my clubs out to the car. My wife had been rear-ended on Monday, so I was driving an unfamiliar rental car (foreshadowing). Did you know that General Motors cars have the buttons on the key fob in the opposite position from every other kind of car I know (foreshadowing) ?
Come Monday morning, I headed out to the gym at 4:45, like always. When I got in the car, I noticed that the glovebox was open. My immediate thought was that someone had come down the street rifling through open cars again, which is not uncommon in our neighborhood. My thought was, "Oh, I must have screwed up locking the car, but that's OK, since it's a rental and there is nothing in here." It wasn't until I got out at the gym that it hit me.
All gone in a second. 14 clubs (plus the M5 and M6 7 irons that I was demoing, thanks to THP), rangefinder, and the new bag my wife had just gotten me a month earlier.
Since then I have been working through the stages. We have determined that there will be no help from insurance, and I can't imagine that anything will come from the police report. My immediate response was to rush into something, just to fulfill my Golftec practice session craving. But as the days passed, I realized that it would be better to take a little time and make sure I didn't rush into something that I would be wanting to replace in a year or two. I have my old driver and a couple of old putters, so a new set of irons would get me back on the course.
Just curious if anyone else has faced this situation, and what you learned. Any hard-earned wisdom on how to swallow a loss and enjoy the process?
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