Question for pros, how do you "pay" yourself?

[teamdonkey]

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so...you are not planning on moving up at all?

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my "paycheck" will be somewhat lower than my expected earn. I expect to make 30 buy-ins a month, so my paycheck will be something like 20-25 buy-ins. The rest goes into the ING account and eveuntually allows me to move up.

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Because it is all their money. Whether it is in party poker, neteller, ing, or their checking account. As someone else said, all you are doing is moving it.

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Where the money actually is makes little difference, it's the lack of a budget or structured plan that makes this bad. When your income >> expenses it's not a big problem so i'm sure it looks like it's working fine for you. I'd imagine most people with this attitude are in their late teens / early twenties and haven't had to support themselves on a non-poker job before.