The life of a man with no life
 

With the combination of Celina being gone for a month, my strict diet, and my needing to get up early in the morning every day, it’s safe to say I don’t have a life and won’t for some time. My daily schedule for all of November looks something
like:

6:50am: Wake up, shower. Set out my breakfast of protein bar, water, and skim milk. Maybe an apple. ...

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Hello Bond,

I've read your articles for a long time, starting out when I was studying abroad for the semester in Melbourne Australia over a year ago. I've read your "Things it took me a while to learn" series, and then read it a second time once I became more serious about tournament play. I followed your 90 day trip around the world, have read your hilarious blog entries and railed you from time to time in tournaments on tilt or stars. However, I've never commented on a single one of your entries. That is until today.

This particular post and it's emo nature touches on the self-evaluation I go through periodically in my own life. Poker is an important part of my life, but I often find myself having to take long breaks when it starts to overtake the important aspects of my life. At the start of this semester I wrote to myself "Do I like who I am now? What do I want for a job? What matters to me most? Is it money, happiness, family, helping others? What do I want in a relationship, what type of girl? Is business right for me or should I think about other options?" These questions were helpful to an extent, but figuring things out became easier when I tried eliminating different roles that I have. Although poker has given a lot to me, more money then I'll make from now until I graduate in a year and a half, and has helped introduce me to a lot of people, I was able to eliminate poker-player from this theoretical list. What I couldn't eliminate where my roles as a family-member, as a friend, and as a student. These three roles are what I value most and what make me the happiest. Ya, it's great to win a huge tournament, but what gives it meaning is celebrating with those close to us. I love playing poker and will always continue to do play at some level. However, I've realized that money is not the most important thing in my life and I'm never going to take a job just for high pay. I need to genuinely enjoy it, and it must not jeopardize my relationships with friends or family.

Yes, I suppose my reply is much more emo than your actual post but just some food for thought. Figure out what you want in life and then go after it hard. By a poker players standard you may not be rich, but you are certainly quite comfortable and successful. Poker will always be there, sometimes it's just necessary to take a break and reconnect to other things that really matter in your life.

On a side note, good luck in the competition this month. You best kick stevol's ass.

Didn't mean to make that previous post anonymous, just had never posted here before and didn't realize i wasn't logged in.

Hey Bond!!

Another great post .. this one a little more thought provoking ...

As with Jofdiamonds, I have been reading you for some time and really love your writing style ... very funny!! .. but rarely do I comment??? It recently occurred to me that by my not commenting, is costing you alot of satisfaction, so expect to hear more from me from now on!!

Another great post, very thought provoking, but also very interesting. I've recently done a self-evaluation also and am now at the beginning of a journey that will hopefully see me make some positive changes and move in the direction of abundance, success, health and happiness!!
From experience, im 29, dont ever be concerned at being a workaholic, as long as you have goals and direction and you know where you're going ... and of course you're happy and you love what you do ... then dont apologise for it! You're miles ahead of most of the guys your age and you have a major talent for the profession you have chosen ... I just wish I had that direction when I was your age ... instead I took many different paths, all of which I was interested in ( for a short period anyway) but none of which I was committed to and have recently realised that im nearly 30 and have very little to show for it! I really should have listened to mum and dad about that savings thing :)
However, life goes on and your past does not equal your future, so we move forward to tomorrow to a brand new future.

Keep up the great work, keep grinding, keep writing ... love life!!