I’d hate to go pro
I had quite a good day at work the other day. I’d been feeling a bit stressed over recent months as I felt under too much pressure, had too much to do in the time I had, was under-appreciated, over worked, no-one understands me and all the other self-righteous bullshit that most people go through in their day to day job.
I knew deep, deep down though that this wasn’t really the case. The problem was me. When I was doing something tedious, I switched off and got distracted online. When I was doing something very difficult, I got distracted. When I was doing something simple, I got distracted. The bottom line was that I was doing anything but what I should be doing and as such; all my problems, stress and worries were caused by my own shortcomings which I was failing to address.
That night whilst playing online, when I was playing one table, two tables, or three tables I got distracted. Tournaments, Cash, NLHE, Omaha, whatever games I played, I was constantly looking for other stuff to do online, exactly as I do at work.
The thing that dawned on me is that at work; if I switch my internet off and actually do what I’m good at (work not poker obviously) I actually enjoy it and get a feeling of achievement that you simply can’t get from poker. I also make a lot more money. (Not that I’m rich, I just play micro stakes!!)
It struck me that I could never, ever be a poker player as there is no escape from the tedium. I bet there are a million people just like me who’ve had the same dreams and aspirations of being able to play poker rather than work the nine to five and I’m sure that, like me, all of these people haven’t a clue as to the hours, focus and dedication required. I’ve realized that I’m so much better to be doing what I’m doing and that ‘living the dream’, would be to live a nightmare. It’s human nature to always see the grass to be greener elsewhere, but if you think like, i used then have a serious think about whether you’re wasting valuable time ‘wondering’ that you could be using ‘doing’. I would have given anything to play poker rather than work, I’m so lucky to have not had the opportunity.
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