By: wattsman

wattsman — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 21:21:59 +0000

Am I really reading a 6 yr old post with no comments? I followed the link in your braindump on fifty50s. Dude, I felt, by similar examples, the very same way 6 yrs ago. Here’s the behavior around it pathetic part, I still do. Before I get too much laughter out of how pathetic, and worse yet TYPICAL, it sounds, let me say that it is a very interesting journey. Far more has gone on in my life than poker. Mind you, OP has been my escape MANY a time and that’s an indication in itself. I have held poker, in general, at the arms length of being a distraction. Whatever else is going on, just let me get to the game. I live responsibly around that(these days), but I am realizing that I must do a better job of letting the poker integrate with reality. It’s funny to think that despite my sometimes obsessive behavior, I haven’t caught on to the realities of it.
All that rambling to get to this point…EVERYTHING IS A GRIND when it’s a repeated process. Give me one example of something that won’t grind you without having a unique element.(i.e., “what’s this Badugi thing?”)
My philosophical frame around this is zen-like; chop wood…carry water. Or, if you like; chops pots…catch the river.
No lecture here, just a snapshot of another tortured soul.

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By: wattsman