I've went months and even over year without playing before. Sometimes you just need a break. Sometimes I've just lost interest or been too busy with life to even play. It's unhealthy if you find yourself playing poker when you should be doing other things or thinking about it when doing other things and losing focus. This is a tell-tale sign of gambling addiction. Even if you're winning this is an unhealthy perspective. If you have a lot of idle time, find something else of interest to partake in. Poker is a fine hobby so long as it doesn't begin to consume you. I wish you well friend!
You could make a schedule (according to your needs); before playing study for about half an hour; you can also add a few minutes of learning after playing; you will need a large volume of practice to absorb what you learn...DanielNeg said:
For several years (is my biggest record without poker)...DanielNeg said:
Lately i play too rare (1-3 hours per day)... I need to change that, I think.
I have times when it feels it's impossible to stop, even if I forcefully tell myself to do it and then I have times where I barely touch it or even completely leave it on the side to come back to it later. I'd say the main thing would be to take it more as a hobby then a job. I understand many would love to live from it, but it's far from glamorous as one might feel after seeing the stars ducking it out on live tv. Play it on the side, maybe you manage to make it some day. 🙂
You can live a day without ANYTHING, besides perhaps oxygen. 😊DanielNeg said:
Surely when playing too much and studying not enough then not achieving your desired outcomes should be motivation enough to play less and anlayise and study more, no? 🤔
I've had time away where I'm gone for a week or so, not a single hand of poker played during that time and amazingly- I somehow didn't spontaneously combust! 🙂
It sounds like you need to work on areas of your self-discipline and control, if you are playing less-than-ideal games, more than you want to or are not improving/achieving break even+.
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Yes, of course! Poker is not the main thing in life and I don't have an addiction to poker, but I do have an addiction to money. If someone gave me, for example, $300 and said: "You don't play poker for 10 days", I would gladly agree. Poker is just a game, and everyone has only one life, and only money can make our life much better. 😎😀DanielNeg said:
Hehe I know what you mean. When you're hard into it, everything else might feel as not important or a waste of time and you rather just play. But believe me, there is always something a person can do, we just don't see it.DanielNeg said:
I usually leave it for a bit when real life catches back to me. For example I changed my job back in May, I barely played since then. Just been way to preoccupied with it. Once I stabilize again, I can see myself playing a lot more.
