Lost the motivation

[Anthony18]

Hi guys. I have been playing poker for like 1 year. I always played b/c I loved the game and of course b/c of the financial part of it.
But for like 2 weeks now I have lost the pleasure playing. I don't have that enthusiasm to open the tables, get reads on people, exploit them, put the hours in etc
It is just like I don't have any motivation to play.
This is the second time I have this problem, but last time a 1 week break did the job.
Last month was my best month since I started playing.
I achieved my goal of having a 30 BI month and now I feel like "ok done that, now I am bored".
I took a 1 week break but still I don't feel like playing. What should I do to get back on track? Any advice is more that welcomed guys.

[malfaire]

Do you ever buy anything with your BR? Sometimes I'll say to myself: "okay, when my BR gets to $X I'll get Y." If you're just grinding and putting up numbers which you never touch, sometimes poker can lose it's "meaning".

[garbageman18]

thats a good suggeston malfaire. I also lke to do some little prop bets with other players like who can get the most hands in over a 20 day period or somethng like that.

[alexgotay]

Do other things beside poker so that you can look up to another things... socialize and then go back to the tables.

Maybe you are a little burned, and getting involved in other things can help.

[Isura]

Spending money def helps. It gives me a reason to keep playing.

[eelnosaj]

i like what alextogay said. filling your time with new things, be it goals or ambitions other then poker, is +ev for everything.

[Comanchie]

Originally Posted by Anthony18

I achieved my goal of having a 30 BI month and now I feel like "ok done that, now I am bored".
I took a 1 week break but still I don't feel like playing. What should I do to get back on track? Any advice is more that welcomed guys.

Do you often lose interest in things that you have had significant success with?

If so, then in addition to the other great advice already presented I would suggest dwell on what new goal you can strive for in the game. i.e. learning a new game, experimenting with a new style...you decide.

Meanwhile let this "break" also be a time of reflection to determine your new course.

[Anthony18]

Originally Posted by Comanchie

Do you often lose interest in things that you have had significant success with?

Yeah, but I wouldn't say that I had significant succes in poker. Only when I will play 5/10 I can say that tbh . Just it seems like I loose interest in things really quickly. I start really excited about the new thing but after a short time - medium time I am bored about that thing.

Thanks a lot for the replyies guys.
It has been 3 weeks since the last hand I played.
I focused on other things in life in this period and now I have a big "appetite" for playing.
Staying away from the poker tables and doing things like enjoying a nice run in the morning, playing some video-games, going out a lot etc really helped me a ton.
Tomorrow I'll start playing, already have some short-term goals and long-term goals and hope for the best, I'm really looking forward to playing pokerzz.
Poker FTW!!

[HEYNOW]

Good luck