100k Profit Before 2019

Kinda of a meh day really. I checked my overall results properly and after this bad boy im stuck £14k in this swing.

Starting to feel slightly irritated with the swing as I just can't get any momentum at the moment. Also super busy with projects and other RL stuff at the moment that I can't really get out of which is annoying because I can't just degen 24 hour grind like the old days.

You can definitely tweak your approach to results and mental game
It becomes a higher pressure when poker's your sole income, and the +- become a burden instead of a motivator

You will find it much easier when you shift on process goals you can directly influence immediately (hours etc.) and put results to the side.
I mean looking at a 1k hand snippet sample - what good can it ever do

@LemOn36: Thank you for stopping by the blog! It's definitely harder mentally once you solely rely on poker that's for sure. I think generally my mental game is decent. I'm generally not affected by the size of my swings, i've been through swings twice the size in terms of both ££ and bb. I think the thing that frustrates me about this particular swing is that because of all the projects and other things going on in my life right now my volume is pretty low, which makes the swing last longer (in terms of time, not hands obviously) and that sort of begins to grow a sort of frustration inside of me. That said, i've always grinded out of swings in the past and the projects I am working on will deliver income in the future so I need to just breathe out and relax I think.

Taking a break on my session for today. Not sure how much I am up, probably +3k or so, plenty of the day left to play though.

This weekend I won't play at all as tomorrow we have our local carnival and I am in it. So, on Sunday I will probably post some pictures of our carnival float on here. (Assuming i'm not too hungover :f_drink:)

I took yesterday off grinding unfortunately, was kind of annoyed I had hoped to get in some volume but between skype meetings, wiring the carnival float (music/lights) and cooking dinner with my girlfriend (we had chicken gyros w/ home made flatbreads) I just couldn't find the time. I considered playing in the evening after everything was done, but honestly was just feeling tired and thought I would end up making poor decisions. Thought I would be better off getting up a little earlier today and playing rather than forcing it last night.

I'm gonna work on including more real life stuff in this thread, try and get some pictures and stuff in here. Maybe put some pictures up of any nice restaurants we go to and give some kind of review. I've been to a few nice restaurants since poker started becoming more profitable. (Marcus Wareing's 2 Michelin *, Vun 1 Michelin star in Milan, Nobu etc etc) I do think it's a little extravagant but my girlfriend and I really love doing this sort of thing. We try to incorporate it into a weekend away or a holiday or something like that and see it as an experience rather than just 'going for dinner'.

I'm also trying to invest all my spare change in a diverse portfolio, so if anyone wants to talk about stocks/crypto/property i'm always up for that!

in!