[beeyjay]

I took a semester off school last spring to play more. I planned on going back to school - no ideas of quitting and doing this for more than a semester. What it really comes down to is I wasn't disciplined enough to go to class when each class was costing me so much money.

I made some money, I had a super relaxed lifestyle but to be quite honest it kinda sucked. Not only does sitting behind a computer day in day out by yourself become an incredible grind, but even when I wasn't playing it consumed my life. I was pretty good about playing x amount each day and getting the hours in. However, when I wasn't playing, I often felt like I should be, was reading/studying the game, or just plain thinking about it.

I don't want to make this sound like I lost all my friends broke up with my family type of thing, but it really did consume more of my life than I was necessarily comfortable with.

One factor that played into my understanding of all this is that I haven't had a "real job" in years, and maybe most importantly, I've never worked a "real 9-5 type job." With that looming over my head as I graduate in may, poker looks more and more appealing - at the very least as an addition to my income from a job I really enjoy but that might not pay the best.

Just my thoughts.