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well i lost all my BR from cash games after posting this siiggghhh... but thanks for the words, I play texas hold em so will post my hands in the appropiate forum, I'll find my big losses and post them all up lol, I'm sure they are fishy plays tbh...
Been there...
It's apart of the process of getting better. It's harder to correct players when they run higher than expectation right off the bat. If I was a poker god and was benevolent in my intentions towards wanting players to get better I would let them taste variance in the form of an initial downswing in their career to rattle their cage bit. If the player still stuck with poker after that then maybe they have what it took to be a poker player long term.
Studying is easier now than ever. You can advance your knowledge and game in 6 months or so to the point that a player 10 years ago would have had to play for 4 or so years to get too...
Try to see poker as an investment, where you will initially lose money in order to learn. I got a lot of flack from friends, family and people in my religious community for choosing poker as a viable source of income and a career and even more flack when I was initially losing. I found it odd that poker however was cheaper to learn than a college degree in a shorter amount of time as well to become a competent winner. I'd say now I'm close to having a bachelors in poker.
good luck my friend!