Quote Originally Posted by pough4life
Dont get me wrong I definately feel like I have potential, but I am just not applying what I have learned or know. For example I have no self control of my BR. I often find myself straying from the SnGs and experimenting with ring games (which always ends in losing money). Also when Im in a downswing, I dont know how to turn away from the game, and I feel I must play to allieviate my losses.

As far as actual play, I can be a decent player, if my mindset is correct which may only be 25% of the time. The other 75% of the play, I find myself overplaying my hands, paying people to see their hands and not playing tight enough. I know how to play to win, the problem is I can not remain disciplined or patient enough to see the results. I dont know what else say, I know I have what it takes to be a good player, but I cant seem to focus enough to get there.
I too have been playing about 7 months now and followed a very similar path. I started with SnGs and held on for about a month. Then moved to ring. The game was much different but I decided I had more control in the ring games and less variance (for me anyways). My humble suggestion is to pick one and beat it before moving to another game. Right now, after 4 months at 10PL, 25PL, and 25NL full ring, I am "experimenting" with 6 max 25NL.

Which leads me to my comments on the last part of your post. Again, like you, I was overplaying hands and calling bets I had no business calling. The discipline and patience part were just NOT a part of my game. BUT I learned that they had to be a part of my game. So I went to playing 2 tables and that has helped a lot. Now I am quicker to exit a hand and less likely to push with A J (one of those overvalued hands) because the A paired on the flop and my opponenet reraised my raise. Now I just let it go. Trust me, it is still hard work to have the discipline to play like I know I should.

So ... you just have to tell yourself to hang tough. I found that in doing so, I wasn't involved in many hands but those I was involved with tended to pay better.

Good luck.