Poker
[] 15,000-20,000 hands
- Winter Break this month... I want to really get my grind on.
[] 25 or less mtts and sngs
- I want to have a light mtt month.. but I do want to play 2 to 3 miniftops
[] 15 posts in the strat forums... including posting 5 of my own hands
[] More self-control over when I'm playing.. and be aware of when I shouldn't be playing.
[] At least one day off from poker/forums per week
Health and Fitness
[] Keep going to the gym 3-4 times per week
[] Get to 225 lb bench with my work set
[] Be able to run 1/2 mile
[] Pay less than $20 to friend, again, on food bet.
[] Start using fitday
[] Learn meditation
[] Get back to a normal sleep schedule after thanksgiving break messed it up
School
[] Finish semester strong
[] No cramming
[] Get an accounting 150-151 book and start reviewing what I forgot
[] Meet with gf's dad's friend that owns accounting firm.. build rapport and convince him to let me shadow/intern with him over the summer.
Life
[] Read Dracula
[] Find some place to donate some time for holidays
[] Start learning stuff for cell phone training at work
[] Try 3 new recipes
[] 2 house projects
[] Start researching random things every week
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
November Results
On a laptop at the moment.. so won't be able to post graphs. At one point I was well on my way to my first $1,000 month.. but I decided playing Rush Poker was a good idea and ended up losing 12 buyins in like 1000 hands.. so I still had a decent month, but it's hard not to feel disappointed. I finished up 8 buyins or so at 25nl.. and finished up 600 or so after getting 2nd in one tournament and 3rd in another (bah! still can't close!) The rest of this blog is a copy/paste of my goals.. and then talking about how I did.
Poker
[x] 10,000 hands of 10nl
- I might throw some 25nl over thanksgiving break if I'm playing well.
Played something like 12-13k hands.. almost all at 25nl.. a few at 10nl.. a small amount at 50nl... but 1/4 of them or so were at rush, which is not good.
[] Play solid
- The last few months I've started strong and then played like shit at the end of the month.. something I want to correct.
Ugh.. failed this one. Was great until the last week of the month and I just tanked. I was playing when I was tired... I wasn't as intense with my workouts.. I was just off all week.
[] Take one day off from everything poker
- Part of problem leading to the goal above this one is that when I'm running well.. I play a lot..which is good for the bankroll but leads me to burning out.
Failed this late in the month :(
[x] Hit at least bronze ironman and at least one week of cardrunners. Qualify for 1 a day freeroll.
Hit all 3 of these goals... although I regret not doing the bronze goal differently, as it cost me a lot of money for very little reward.
[] Blog at least one time per week.
- I enjoy the blog as it keeps me focused and forces me to be honest with myself. Also, I find it fun seeing where I was at awhile ago.
More like every other week.. hopefully next month I can get a few more.
[] Less BQ posting.. most uNL and ssMTT posts.
- The goal that is always a failure.... some day I hope to be as involved in those communities as I am in BQ.
I did cut down on BQ posting.. did post a bit in strat... want to post even more next month.
[] 100-150 sngs/mtts, show a profit.
- I've had a friend sweat me when playing mtt's, and it has really helped me fill holes where I was just leaking small amounts of chips over and over again. Plus I've started playing my own game instead of what everyone else is playing and I feel like so far, it is working well.
Not quite 100... maybe 70-80.. and def showed a profit :)
Poker goals end here... so if you don't care about anything else... stop here :).
Health and Fitness
[x] Pay out less than $20 to my friend in my get healthy bet.
- Every Sunday I have to map out when I'm going to the gym that week... if I don't go, he gets $5. Any time I drink pop, it's $2. Any time I eat fast food, it's $5. This goes on until Jan 1st, where hopefully I will have a solid routine going.
Came in at $17! :) Very solid.. hope to do the same next month.
[] Be able to run at least 1 mile on the treadmill.
Nope.. focusing on starting strength instead of cardio for now.
[] Start using fitday and keeping a journal.
Nope.
[] Start learning how to meditate.
Sigh.. nope.
School
[x] Register for Spring classes
[/] A work on everything
Mostly.
[] Finish all work early that I can (esp. music and marketing classes.)
Nope.. I slacked.
Life
[X] Be employed
weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
[] Read one book on Nook
Nope
[] Pick a random article on wiki that sounds interesting, and spend an hour or so each week researching it... just to know more about it.
Nope
[] Read/watch more news.... try to have a better understanding of what is going on.
kind of.
[/] Try 4 new recipes
I think we tried 2 new recipes.. I can't remember.
[/] Complete 2 projects around the house.
Redid the bathroom.. new paint, some new fixtures.. but the was the only project..... unless you count rearranging the living room and putting christmas stuff up.
Poker
[x] 10,000 hands of 10nl
- I might throw some 25nl over thanksgiving break if I'm playing well.
Played something like 12-13k hands.. almost all at 25nl.. a few at 10nl.. a small amount at 50nl... but 1/4 of them or so were at rush, which is not good.
[] Play solid
- The last few months I've started strong and then played like shit at the end of the month.. something I want to correct.
Ugh.. failed this one. Was great until the last week of the month and I just tanked. I was playing when I was tired... I wasn't as intense with my workouts.. I was just off all week.
[] Take one day off from everything poker
- Part of problem leading to the goal above this one is that when I'm running well.. I play a lot..which is good for the bankroll but leads me to burning out.
Failed this late in the month :(
[x] Hit at least bronze ironman and at least one week of cardrunners. Qualify for 1 a day freeroll.
Hit all 3 of these goals... although I regret not doing the bronze goal differently, as it cost me a lot of money for very little reward.
[] Blog at least one time per week.
- I enjoy the blog as it keeps me focused and forces me to be honest with myself. Also, I find it fun seeing where I was at awhile ago.
More like every other week.. hopefully next month I can get a few more.
[] Less BQ posting.. most uNL and ssMTT posts.
- The goal that is always a failure.... some day I hope to be as involved in those communities as I am in BQ.
I did cut down on BQ posting.. did post a bit in strat... want to post even more next month.
[] 100-150 sngs/mtts, show a profit.
- I've had a friend sweat me when playing mtt's, and it has really helped me fill holes where I was just leaking small amounts of chips over and over again. Plus I've started playing my own game instead of what everyone else is playing and I feel like so far, it is working well.
Not quite 100... maybe 70-80.. and def showed a profit :)
Poker goals end here... so if you don't care about anything else... stop here :).
Health and Fitness
[x] Pay out less than $20 to my friend in my get healthy bet.
- Every Sunday I have to map out when I'm going to the gym that week... if I don't go, he gets $5. Any time I drink pop, it's $2. Any time I eat fast food, it's $5. This goes on until Jan 1st, where hopefully I will have a solid routine going.
Came in at $17! :) Very solid.. hope to do the same next month.
[] Be able to run at least 1 mile on the treadmill.
Nope.. focusing on starting strength instead of cardio for now.
[] Start using fitday and keeping a journal.
Nope.
[] Start learning how to meditate.
Sigh.. nope.
School
[x] Register for Spring classes
[/] A work on everything
Mostly.
[] Finish all work early that I can (esp. music and marketing classes.)
Nope.. I slacked.
Life
[X] Be employed
weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
[] Read one book on Nook
Nope
[] Pick a random article on wiki that sounds interesting, and spend an hour or so each week researching it... just to know more about it.
Nope
[] Read/watch more news.... try to have a better understanding of what is going on.
kind of.
[/] Try 4 new recipes
I think we tried 2 new recipes.. I can't remember.
[/] Complete 2 projects around the house.
Redid the bathroom.. new paint, some new fixtures.. but the was the only project..... unless you count rearranging the living room and putting christmas stuff up.
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Mid-Month Update
Well.. it is the first day of the 2nd half of the month.. and so far I've been pretty happy with my month. I decided to step up to 25nl and have run quite well there so far. Hopefully I can keep that up and start to feel very comfortable at the level.
I've done pretty well with playing solid all month, and I've tried to take at least one full day off each week... although that could improve since I still check 2+2.
I didn't blog last week so hopefully I can start with once per week. Still posting too much in beginners and not enough strat :(
So far I've played 66 sngs/mtts.. abi of $4 and I'm down about 25 buyins... so no biggie yet.
Health-wise I'm doing pretty well. Through 15 days, I've paid out $7... one fast food meal, with no pop..... and one pop while eating mexican food... so that puts me well under the $20 cap that I gave myself. I also haven't missed a trip to the gym yet and have actually gone 4 times each week.
School has been meh.. but I have plenty of time to pick it up in the next 2 weeks.
I'm finally employed!!!! I've started training at radioshack. This will be great for me for so many reasons. Consistent income.... getting out and talking to people.. not having to withdraw so that I can actually build a bankroll. I'm pretty pumped about this.
Haven't really done any of the other goals yet this month.. but I'm going to start focusing on them. We plan on redoing the bathroom in the next week or two.. as well as reorganizing the office. We did try 1 new recipe... lasagna rollups... really tasty, but we forgot to put them away so they were no good the next day :(
I've done pretty well with playing solid all month, and I've tried to take at least one full day off each week... although that could improve since I still check 2+2.
I didn't blog last week so hopefully I can start with once per week. Still posting too much in beginners and not enough strat :(
So far I've played 66 sngs/mtts.. abi of $4 and I'm down about 25 buyins... so no biggie yet.
Health-wise I'm doing pretty well. Through 15 days, I've paid out $7... one fast food meal, with no pop..... and one pop while eating mexican food... so that puts me well under the $20 cap that I gave myself. I also haven't missed a trip to the gym yet and have actually gone 4 times each week.
School has been meh.. but I have plenty of time to pick it up in the next 2 weeks.
I'm finally employed!!!! I've started training at radioshack. This will be great for me for so many reasons. Consistent income.... getting out and talking to people.. not having to withdraw so that I can actually build a bankroll. I'm pretty pumped about this.
Haven't really done any of the other goals yet this month.. but I'm going to start focusing on them. We plan on redoing the bathroom in the next week or two.. as well as reorganizing the office. We did try 1 new recipe... lasagna rollups... really tasty, but we forgot to put them away so they were no good the next day :(
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