Alright just a little update on how my week has gone. I had a bit of a rough downswing which included a couple coolers, but I can't deny the fact that I definately stacked off and called some bets a bit too lightly during it.

HOWEVER, I managed to turn my head around and stop letting my mood of 'being annoyed cuz I'm losing' get to me. One of my goals right now is to be emotionless at the tables (or at least close to it) and grind it out no matter how shitty things go. If I find my mood affects my play negatively I will stop or at the very least move down to 1 table till I'm too bored to play anymore. I didn't return to the game until I felt confident I wouldn't screw around like a monkey again, and I ended the day after beginning to feel exhausted.

I played about 2000 hands today alone, and If I keep things up, I'll be finished with $5NL before expected. I'm far out of the nasty swing that just came about, and I'm going to work on keeping things moving forward without ever looking back (except to review hands/stats of course!) I'll be taking shots at $10NL as of next week hopefully. My bankroll is at $260 now, and I plan on adding a table of $10NL when I hit $270ish (yes I know, I'm a bankroll nit most people start that at $200 lol)

I'm sick-crazy busy at the moment too with midterms approaching. I still managed to get a good chunk of study done today. All I can do is just go-go-go.

Well, I'm making some progress here and I feel I have increased my awareness on my mood and the effects it can have on my game. Knowing this I will be better equiped to choose the best times to play and avoid those where I'm just not into it. Time to keep grinding and keep the head up. After midterms I'm going to get into some deeper study and learn a few new things from the books I plan on ordering.

-Micro