x-bump from bbv
One thing I recently discovered that seems really helpful was the software
http://www.tiltbreaker.com. You can set stop-losses for yourself that are impossible to circumvent on the computer you put it on and could also put in table stakes, stop win, and time played limits on it. I think it's absolutely imperative for anyone who has problems with tilt to get this program.
Another thing that might stand to improve your life is to check out this blog post on gratitude by Tommy Angelo:
http://www.tommyangelo.com/blog/2010...-gratefulness/ and to do a mental gratitude list every night. For instance, every night before I go to sleep, I meditate for 25-30 mins and at the end list things I'm thankful for.
So, while still with my eyes closed and focusing on my breathing, I'll think to myself: "I'm grateful I'm alive, I'm grateful I'm a male human, I'm grateful I'm in good health, I'm grateful I have clean water, food, shelter, and clothing in abundance, I'm grateful nothing that could have gone horribly wrong in my life did, I'm grateful I have people in my life I care about and enjoy spending time with, I'm grateful I play a game for a living and have been relatively financially successful from it and have a lot of freedom as a result." Then I'll think of 4 or 5 things that I really enjoyed during the day. Then I'll say to myself something to the effect of, "I'm grateful I live in a wonderful world with so much beauty, so much to experience, and so many options for entertainment, satisfaction, and fulfillment." If you're able to force yourself to do this daily, I think you'll generally find yourself in better spirits during the course of your day.
I decided I'm going to use this thread as my place to post BBV stuff and will update it periodically with anything that I think is postworthy. Below is some stuff that's been going on in my life, mainly poker related:
In the 3 months since posting this, things have gone ok, despite playing fairly badly at poker and having multiple sessions where I completely melted down and played about as awful as possible and aggressively donated at times, includuing the past few days. Taking a couple week break from the tables now to regroup. It's kind of troubling how often I did exactly the opposite of what I suggested in my post so far this year. It probably didn't help that I was drinking and smoking pot again for a period of time.
I wouldn't be in as nearly as good of shape on the year if it weren't for a heater on Victory Poker (Cake Network) where I ran up a $800 deposit into $12,700 in two weeks time. Here was the aftermath of a marathon, all-night session on there. Those are 100bb max buy-in 1-2 tables so my stacks are prit-tay damn impressive, if I do say so myself. Sick thing is that even with those stacks I was only up about 3k on the session overall because I had spewed so hardcore earlier in the night.
Here's my 2011 graph ytd:
Also, I moved into a new apartment a couple weeks ago that I furnished and am paying for entirely with poker winnings. I think it's somewhat baller, here are some pics:
Finally, some threadsavers as your reward for wading through this massive dump of a thread: