Week in Review + Goals

The first full week of this blog project is finally over. It was a bit bumpier than I would have liked, ending the week down $25. That's not a big deal at all as I felt I play well and just had a bad run of cards. It's also not a problem because I made $227 just in bonus money. This is exactly why I think it's necessary to have rake back/bonus money pay your bills. A losing week doesn't add as much stress when you know you will have your bills paid if you put in the hours. This may have been the perfect first week for the project. If I would have breezed through it I don't think it would be as valuable as seeing a rough stretch has been.

I set some goals at the start of the week, let's see how I did with them and set some new goals for this week.

Play 35 hours

Sadly, I'm I'm 0/1 so far. I probably set the bar a little too high on this one. You'd be surprised how hard it is to go from playing a lazy schedule to a full one. The computer problem didn't help either. This is the #1 problem I need to fix with my game, yet it has nothing to do with poker.

Spend 10 hours studying the game

This was pretty easy to accomplish. If you watch a few videos, read some of a book, and check in on the forums 10 hours will fly by in no time.

Spend at least an hour each day writing articles

I think I missed one day, but I'm pretty happy with the work I did. It was mostly brainstorming a few ideas, but that is a necessary part of the writing process. Look for some great articles coming up in the next few weeks.

Overall I am very happy with the first full week. I wasn't 100% on my goals, but that just gives me more motivation to do better next week. With the computer issue (fixed as of 5pm Monday) and having some things to take care of before leaving for Michigan on Sat (visiting the family for Christmas) I won't be able to get in as much time as I would like. Weeks like these are not uncommon, especially this time of the year. I'll still be able to get in a decent amount of hands so it shouldn't affect my monthly goals all that much. That being said I only have one simple goal for this week:

Play good poker.