How to avoid burnout?

[noles321]

Just curious as to what other's do to avoid poker burnout? This month I have reduced my avg session length by %50 and mixed my play schedule up, playing at different times each day. Without, completly taking a vacation what do you do when you feel it is becoming tedious?

[yourface]

try a new game

[mntbikr15]

Its all about balance. For me, that means riding a bunch, cooking nice dinners with my fiance, running with our Husky, working around the house, etc.

Gotta figure out what works for you.

Actually, one thing thats helped me alot this month....doing a few of her philosophy HW assignments....really reminds me what Im avoiding by playing cards.

Also, being reminded how unflexible a real job is.

I guess in short, do other [censored] and remind yourself how good of a deal poker really is.

[veganmav]

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I guess in short, do other [censored] and remind yourself how good of a deal poker really is.

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[danzasmack]

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Its all about ba
I guess in short, do other [censored] and remind yourself how good of a deal poker really is.

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"THIS GUY NEXT TO ME I'M GONNA [censored] STAB HIM I'M SERIOUS

JAY YOU GONNA NEED TO WIN ANOTHER 500K TO BAIL ME OUT OF PRISON BECAUSE I'M GONNA KILL HIM

PREPARE FOR THE ESCAPE PLAN"

"today i was on the phone and the guy next to me started holding up a newspaper in my face and reading it outloud this is true"

"HOLIDAY PARTY AT WORK

IM GONNA GET WASTED AND MAKE OUT WITH THE GUY NEXT TO ME

MY GOD IM SO SAD"

"GUY NEXT TO ME IS OUT COLD ASLEEP

HEAD BOBBLIN AND EVERYTHING"

"NOW HE IS SPEAKING IN HIS NATIVE LANGUAGE

NOT A BIG DEAL RIGHT?

[censored] THIS [censored] THIASF;JNAS
IM GONNA KILL HIM
UIM GONNA STAB HIM IN THE CHEST AND THE [censored] IN THE HOLE THAT I MAKE IN HIS CHEST

AT WORK, YOU HAVE TO BE QUIET WHEN YOU MAKE A PERSONAL CALL, BECAUSE IT'S PERSONAL BUT WHEN NOBODY KNOWS WHT YOU'RE SYAING YOU CAN BE AS LOUDDDDDDDDDDDDD AS YOU [censored] WANT

YES

THIS IS ME
TAKING AN EARLY LUNCH

IF IM NOT HOME FROM WORK BY 6:00

AND I MEAN THIS

IT MEANS IM NEVER CMING BACK"

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Those are direct quotes from emails from me to krantz while i'm at work. poker is a good thing.

[dangerfish]

If your in it for the long haul no way to avoid periods of low motivation. I agree with mntbkr in that keeping a healthy lifestyle outside poker is key. I think this is the best way to reduce burnout but there is really no way to completely prevent it imo. So just pace yourself and take break when needed. Poker can be a great job or a nightmare depends on whether you own it or it owns you.

[kiddo]

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try a new game


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Problem is u need more hours to make same money if u play a game where u got a smaller edge and also u normally dont run very well when u are tired of poker and Im not sure u should try a new game when running (semi)bad. Trying a new game is only a solution if u find that other game very funny.

I dont agree wih a lot of the guys in this thread that seems to think poker is fun and a normal day-time job is boring. My daytime-job is much more fun then playing multiple tables against people that are worse then me at poker.

When I played fulltime and got extmremly bored I tried to never play when I was tired (bordeom + tired = death) and I tried to exercise a lot. Being in a place where u dont have a computer is also a good thing.

And I agree with the poster that said that it is important to have a bankroll so big that u dont feel that going away for a week spending money on something fun will be a problem that u have to solve with more pokerhours then ever when u get back.

[Enfys]

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Just curious as to what other's do to avoid poker burnout?

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1: NLP or similar cognitive therapy
2: two weeks solid poker,two weeks abroad.

[6471849653]

Enough time off every day from any mental doings, including tv. Weekly a day or two off. Then one adds times off monthly and yearly as one feels necessary.

To me it's mostly not about poker but about mental loads; if one is recovered enough, though I don't play full time every day (some of the time I might play all the time the whole week but not generally), nor do I eat the same "food" all the time but mix between limit and no-limit, this limit and that limit, the number of tables, and places, 5-6-max, heads up, some full ring, other things.

Additionally it can be important to fill the mind with other stuffs different from poker and the like, as one can still get too full about poker, and that is going to make some difference, e.g. study language, listen music, people, sports, whatever but different (with that I don't mean analyses, math, reading poker and other books like that, though one could get some inspiration from books like those too).

[shockdaworld]

danza, if you'd like to use this thread strictly for posting emails you've sent while at work, I doubt there'd be any objections. please continue