Back and slightly off the ropes. Apparently my graphs/pics are back too. Thanks photobucket. Had my usual "go on brief vacation, get out of habit of posting, stop posting for forever despite meaning to get back to it over and over and divert back into my slacker routine when poker is going well" thing happen.
A few updates
1. PLO is dumb
2. NLHE for life
3. Family is going to SE asia for a couple of months at the beginning of the year
Poker has been going well. The year as a whole is still pretty atrocious considering my large downswing at the beginning, the near meltdown that ensued, and then the three or so months following where I started and played only PLO netting a cool -$500. At EV for that time I was at $17.5k which I'd feel pretty decent about considering being a noob and playing smaller stakes but I just started feeling pretty helpless at the PLO tables after a while. I hope to come back to it at some point but I'm back to enjoying NLHE HU and 6max so I'm sticking with that for the time being.
I've not been great on exercise, study, or meditation lately and I'd like to remedy that. It's funny how something like 10 minutes of meditation a day, which I usually enjoyed doing, felt strongly was a good thing for me and the people around me, intended to keep up with daily, and as mention only takes 10 MINUTES, ends up not getting done by me. WTF? I guess it comes down to planning/time management, instant gratification and laziness. This thread really helps me with all of those things so I need to force myself to keep it going even when things are going well or when I feel bored with it.
I'm starting to have a minor problem putting in volume recently that I'm thinking is related to "fear of loss" issues. After having work go terribly for so long, now that things are going well, I think I'm unmotivated to play because it is so comfortable finally feeling out of that slump. Not really sure what to do about it but hopefully recognizing it counts for something
That said, I'm not going to put in volume goals at the moment. I'd rather focus on fitness and study. Emphasize quality over quantity and gradually start pushing the volume up especially if the fear of loss/ lack of motivation issue gets more serious.
this week's goals
[ ]1 hr study
[ ]1 run 3+ miles
[ ]2 hrs yoga
[ ]10 min med per day
[ ] learn 1 new thai word per day
The bulk of our trip will be in Thailand
[ ] post slowmode vid of my drive in the discgolf forums for help.
I've meant to do this for a while. Been pretty into discgolf for years and have definitely plateaued of late and need to find a way to improve. Not relevant to poker other than improving at anything requires a lot of the same steps.
gl this week all