2008 goals

To conclude 07 hasnt been too bad, but life can only get better. 08 will be the best year of my life. Poker will continue to be my profession as I pound the books. I will have my 08 goals posted soon. Stay positive know and feel what you want and it will become. Everythign we dream is possible IS.

As promised I will outline my goals and desires for 2008, in no particluar order.

• Transfer to a four year college.
• Get in the best shape of my life.
• Move in with the love of my life and our son.
• Continue improving my poker game while steadily moving up the stakes(see poker blog).
• Enjoy every moment of every day.
• Reduce my alchol intake to next to nothing.
• Travel.
• Learn to surf.
• Eat and live healthy.

I probably could come up with a few more but this looks pretty solid. I may examine each goal and discuss how it will be achieved later. Today is my last day of being a drunken bum so i am sitting here drinking beer. I am very excited about 08. This is going to be a great year. May you all have an awesome New Year!!!

P.S. Be safe, dont drink and drive.

Life is what you ______ make it.

Who didnt know that? For most of my early years I chose to struggle. I was always in trouble in school or with the law. I never truly enjoyed living much and many times considered suicide. Now this isnt some sob story or attempt at inspiration either, just the cold hard truth. It took a real fucking scare to shake some sense in me actually. That scare was a short stint in juvy. Losing my freedom made me realize just how precious it was. That was when I was 17 and hear I sit nine years later. I would like to believe I am a different person. I dont consider life to be a struggle like I used to. I welcome evry new day and enjoy the small things in life. Basically what I am getting at is, "life is what you choose to make it." From this point on I will choose to live an amazing life.

I have always been on and off some form of diet and excercise, unfortunately I opted to go on an eating bonanza to end 2007. Said bonanza has packed on more wieght then I would like. I am actually somewhat uncomfortable in my own skin and will be making a serious strike at getting back in "beach" shape. I will be back to 200lbs or less asap. School will be starting again on the 17th of January and I have 3 classes left at the JC. Yes the JC. My plan is to be said and done with college pre 29. This gives me a little over two years to get it done.

Poker has been a rough and rocky road but a true blast. I would have never thought I would be playing the game so seriously when I 1st started at 19. I didnt achieve the goals I set for myself but I didnt do to bad. I envisioned myself beating the 400s for a solid win rate at this point but I am currently at the 200s. To have made it from 25NL to 200NL in a 9 month span and turned a $100 deposit into over 20K isnt to shabby. In no way am I disappointed and I did get fortunate to hit the bad beat jackpot for 5.6k. To be honest the real struggle was exactly what this blog is about. I chose, unknowingly, to make poker hard at times. A few bad bluffs mixed with a few bad beats and I would begin to doubt my abilities. Even lately I have struggled to just believe in my skills. I know I have what it takes, and then some, to beat this game at any level. This in no way means I will be taking a shot at higher levels outside of my bankroll. Banroll managment has been the key to my success and will continue to be.

To conclude 07 hasnt been too bad, but life can only get better. 08 will be the best year of my life. Poker will continue to be my profession as I pound the books. I will have my 08 goals posted soon. Stay positive know and feel what you want and it will become. Everythign we dream is possible IS.

I am a Warriors fan and I do believe!!!

Unbalanced

Basically I feel my life has lost balance. Not that it is such a bad thing but sense I opted to take the semester off from school things havent really turned out the way I wanted them to. Poker has been very swingy and basically break even. I think in large part to me trying all sorts of different styles and things. Honestly I think I hit a bad patch and paniced thinking I needed to make a dramatic change to my game which has hurt me. I have decided to recapture my true style hich was winning. I have also been on and off at the gym and good eating its been insane. It can be so hard for me sometimes to stick to a healthy life style. Lets just say it is much easier when you eat alone. Basically I am going to mainly try and stick to eating healthy and getting some good excercise until Jan 1. Then it is on like donky kong again. My target weight is 195. Right now I fluctuate between 210-215. What can I say I love a good pastrie. Oh and pizza and burritos.

So in life outside of poker I finally got me a new car. Well new for me that is. 1998 Honda accord. Hopefully this car will last me 10 years or until I am so baller I buy a new one. Signed back up for college as well. That starts Jan 10th and I am looking forward to it. Three more classes and then I am done at the JC finally. My goal has always been to get a degree before I turn 29 and I think I can still accomplish it. Also waiting on my 2nd new computer. 1st one had Vista and I couldnt stand it. Once I get th new one up and running I will be a force at the poker tables. Right now I still am but my comp can cause tilt every now and again.

Poker and life are very similar in that without balance I dont think one can perform optimally. This is something I must work on now and in the future. Maybe I will writr about how I plan n dong so soon.