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Robin_Ripper

Apr
10
2011
Time to stop doing nothing
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These last few months I've spend so much time doing absolutely nothing at all. It's crazy how easy I can waste a day doing nothing besides sitting behind my computer watching or rewatching things. Or just randomly listening to music while browsing 2+2 and other forums. I have not played much poker this year either, partly because I've been having a terrible run the last 3 months and have not put much time in on the tables because of it.

I think it's fine to go through a period like that for a while but there has to be a point where you have to snap out of it and start living life again. I have been thinking about what I want to do in my life, and have not really found what it is yet but it does start with me traveling and I will try to get back into the mindset of the last years where I play poker with the goal to travel instead of just coasting through the months.

Starting from tomorrow the maximum amount of time I'm allowed to waste doing absolutely nothing behind my pc is reduced to 2 hours (which will probably seem insane to most people). If I like it then I will scale it back to 1 hour after that. (Currenly I think I average about 5-8 hours of nothingness).

I have not really thought about what I want to do with all my new free time but I want to spend more time outside, especially now that the weather is getting nicer again. Perhaps I'll start spending some time in the kitchen instead of ordering/ eating instant food. It's not like I don't have enough time for it.

It is important that I do find something to do with all this new free time because it is so easy to go back to grinding the interwebz.

Also about taking the cruise to the US, it looks like I could not have picked a worse time to want to take a cruise because they do not go from Europe to the US in the timeframe I want to go.

I will try to post some of the usefull things I'm doing with my time in future blogs.
Thanks for reading.

Robin out.

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04-10-2011
jaymesbond is offline jaymesbond
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start golfing, great thing to do as a poker player and there are amazing courses all over the world you would love to play...it would also give you reasons to go to certain destinations
04-12-2011
ImThaGrandMaster is offline ImThaGrandMaster
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But the interwebz are so fun
04-13-2011
Reefypoopoo is offline Reefypoopoo
what actions are you going to take or change to achieve these goals?
04-17-2011
SlowHabit is offline SlowHabit
I find it helpful to shut the computer down after I'm done with what I'm supposed to do.

I will find the urge to use it but it's easier to remind myself that I shouldn't use it if it's off rather than in screen saver mode, which is much easier to just sit down and start browsing.

Also, I disabled facebook cold-turkey and hasn't miss it since. The key is to go through a day without something that is supposedly tough to live without and you'll learn that, everything besides family and friends are overrated and can be removed from your life if you wish.

This is similar to the dilemma faced by many abused women who feel they can't leave their homes. They are afraid life w/o their "men" would be tough. However, according to stats, 75% (?) of these women only need one night away from their "men" to feel that there is a choice after all. They just need the courage to experience it so they know they can do it.

Because of this, I think most people have the capacity to do whatever they want in life. The question is, do you want to make a change in your routine? And if yes, how are you going to make it happen?
 
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