Last night it hit me! After playing 5 SnG's (3 losses & 2 wins) last night and having a break, a thought hit me like a ton of bricks. If I've decided to not have any type of monetary goal this month, then why bother following my money at all? Don't get me wrong I will still record every game I play and collect the same data that I always have been, just not focus on it. I currently have 4 spreadsheets to track my results:
1) Ring games
2) SnG's
3) Mtt's
4) Master spreadsheet
The Master spreadsheet collates all results from all the other spreadsheets to show daily/weekly/monthly results. I will still enter data in spreadsheets 1-3 as per usual but not reconcile until end of month.
I mainly thought of this because, last night after 5 games with 3 losses I was down $3 for the night. I couldn't stop focusing on the negative outcome. I've promised myself to get better and not think in those terms. So, if I don't reconcile nightly as I've done for the past 6 months, I won't know exactly what the monetary outcome was. I'll have an idea of whether I was up or down but won't focus on the cash result so much. I jumped back on and played 4 more games - 2 bubbles 1 3rd and 1 2nd. By not reconciling, I'm not focusing on money and only focusing on playing the best poker I can. I look forward to seeing the results at the end of the month.
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