Yeah, I dont like volume goals because my standard of play really slips if I try to force hands when I'm not in the right headspace to play.

I like the idea of coming up with other goals though. If nothing else it could distract me. I guess its all well and good to say 'dont set money goals', but once you've started thinking about the money its hard to stop. Even if I just want to play well for a session, I still find it hard not to care if I won or lost, especially as I got close to the $10k. Again, less about the $10k as a figure, but that was (is) going to be the start of actually making withdrawals and earning something from this poker thing. On the other hand, if I make a goal before each session, like you say make one bluff where I'd normally chicken out (the fear of looking stupid as Griffey puts it), then hopefully focusing on that instead will help to detract from the money. At the moment it kind of feels like theres nothing really much else to focus on.

Thanks.