Quote Originally Posted by MadMojoMonkey View Post
Spending 7 - 10 hours a day on your career is laughably common, right? I mean, most people work 8 hour days. IIRC, 8 is between 7 and 10.

Taking a long-ish vacation is dreamy, but you're still playing, just about 1/2 as much. So really, you just took a break from a full-time job to work a part-time job for a while. This sounds like a luxury that most people can't afford.

Finally, the only thing that sounds off about this is that your time frames are "months". If your "balance cycle" was on a shorter scale, like say 5 days of focus, 2 days of rest... instead of 5 months of focus, 2 months of rest... well, you get the point.
heh, well I was just stating an average for 7 days a week. I typically didn't go out on weekends other than to the movies or dinner with my gf at the time. now I get out quite often and am a lot happier with life. currently searching for the right balance that will help me get SNE w/o being unhappy. people say I grinded out of the micros really fast, but I probably spent just as much if not more time than others who went on to play ssnl+ maybe 7-10 hours a day is an understatement. if any of you guys want to move up fast, you gotta spend a solid 6 months only focusing on poker imo without too much break from that

I'm spending more time now on poker after my part time phase. I truly hated it looking back, it was just a hard rut to get out of because 'wah wah work' so anyone of a real profession works a lot harder and spends way more time on things though. im currently single so this is helping me devote more time to career, and I intend on staying there in the meantime unless lady gaga proposes to me. but first I'd have to have her play me hu4rolls.

regarding my time frame being months, you may really be on to something there... problem is I've got serious cabin fever from living by myself and living/working in the same building. So I need to get out for a few hours each day to keep sane. I never used to be like this, then I realized it was taking a toll on my health. I'd actually go a week without leaving the house other than to get food when I lived with my parents because I was so motivated to make a living at poker. now my motivations are shifting I think. I still want to do this for the next few years, but I don't want life to fly past me. and that's where my recent 'holy shit I gotta balance and I gotta do it now' mentality came from.

btw, how's the weather is St Louis?