Quote Originally Posted by The Bean Counter View Post
So I've a confession to make: I do not work hard enough at poker away from the tables. More importantly though, I rarely work with any structure to my poker study. In fact, the odd times I have, the upswing has been immediate, and yet I lose this clarity of thought after a few weeks of play.

I've found that the main problem with having no structure in my poker study on a continuous basis is that my brain can end up in a muddle and my overall strategy becomes a bastardised, mish-mash of things I've seen in a video recently or read in an online article. There is no way this can lead to consistently winning poker and it is therefore time to approach study as a more regular and structured process.
I have had this problem in the past, where for a few sessions I apply things I studied and it fizzles off until the next study session where that gets applied and fizzles off etc.

When I noticed this i started making notes of MAJOR trends/flaws/things to focus on and I would add the major take home message after every session and read those notes immediately before playing. Or even having it open on the side of a session while playing.