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[QUOTE="DS3, post: 5579035, member: 407846"]
It's difficult to retain balance.

We all love chasing the high of a good session - it is definitely a form of addiction - and want to plow through poor sessions to the next to beat variance. I love putting some time into playing poker on a daily basis and yet  ask myself if this is problematic. The jury is still out.

I recently listened to Kristin Bicknell detail (so presumably this applies to Alex Foxen also) that after over a decade of playing she has only just recently been able to pull back a little from her drive to play all the time.

I make no attempt to take full days off as its makes me angsty. Not in a withdrawal sense but more because I am not convinced I need to. So I do a couple of things. I limit my play and watch some high level poker videos in part study and part entertainment mode. It's a tonic to watch some great play and a sure-fire pick me up. If I sense I have played poorly, then I zero in on some focused study, primarily coaching videos which also serve as a mental lift. If a session has been poor then it is good to take a positive counter action.

And that is the key to date, for me. A long-ish session if feasible on a daily basis intermingled with lighter sessions - a mix of watching poker for entertainment and study. Its worked well enough that I have yet felt the need to step away completely for a few days.
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