This site can make you at most an average player if you read all the articles and so on, it certainly cannot make you good enough to be a pro. The only way you are gonna make it as a pro would be finding a way to reach a whole new level, constantly analyzing your game and trying to find the correct moves. Also maybe seeking coaching.
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coaching is a good idea, but i think if you have the right mind and you are going for it 100 procent then you can turn pro but one side can´t do it for you alone you have to have input from dirrent places
you either have it or you dont look at darvin moon, peter eastgate, jamie gold and kobb not wan of them read a book they just play
I guess it depends what the definition of "pro" is. For me, it means I earn my living by playing poker and don't have to work too often "in the real world" (I do project work so can do both until such a time that I don't need to accept any more projects as poker is paying my bills).
For me if I can beat $2/4 or $3/6 with a couple of BB/100 then that would be enough to pay for my cost of living i.e. be "pro".
From what I've learnt so far on PS.com that would seem to be achievable.
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Huxley
Hope I've not just jinxed myself and incurred the wroth of the gods of variance...
Hmmm, it's been an interesting week....
Hit a bunch of bad beats on Thurs last week that didn't really bother me but when Fri and Sat were still going terribly I started to get frustrated. It took me until Tuesday to realise I was completely on tilt and it was absolutely nothing to do with "bad luck" but just my awful play.
So I've gone down a level, started playing less and studying more, and I'm also trying to detach myself from the outcome of each hand. I found a tip from Waiboy on Taavi's blog that I've found really useful: using my stats to cover the amount I have at each table, and avoiding checking my BR during and after sessions. It has really helped me focus on the game and not the result, and helped my stay out of Tiltsville.
Seems to me that the main obstacle to becoming a successful player is how we deal with downswings. Seems not knowing how bad a session has been may be helpful in preventing it from getting even worse.
I think only you can take you to pro level. Sites like this one can only help of course. Gl.
u seem motivated, so here some of my advices:
dont play FL 
beating NL can offer u longrun much much more money as the playerpool is much wider and fishier still. FL HU is sexy when u re very good, but if u rly want to start rapidly earning decent money, NL will get u there much faster for sure!
U can start earning 2k+ in NL (which u ll prolly need for qualifying it as your job) within i d say 2-3months if u rly make it no.1 goal in your life.
For me, from the moment i started with NL2 as a total total noob (BR~20$) to earning 1st time that kind of money (@NL100 and some 200shots) took me around 5 months with school, failing internet etc.. many of the young motivated upcoming guys do it quicker.
Also, its the hardest part of getting up, as soon as u get up to NL200 and learn how to learn and adjust u can make it way higher ofc, where u can be making nice 5digit numbers every month.
my simple summary for what u should be doing now: analyse 10hands every day to deepness, ask abt it ppl, post to forums (not necessarily just here) and doubt everything ppl say and ask for more and more explanation.
and then ofc play the most u can. volume is important, u need to get to higher stakes asap, never stay on some limit u can easily beat for much coz then complaisance sets in.
gl.