wake up call

[jimmym]

Frst off Great post JD.

Alot of people should learn something from it and not just glance over it not taking in what your saying. losing 12k but being still 17.5k up on your target and yet you are still questioning yourself about your approach to poker through your lifestyle.
Through your success at poker (which you never mention once in your post) you have noticed how positive you and those around you feel, this is because you are convident and good at what you do but more so because you are happy and content and able in what you do.
People in many situations shine when around people like you, it brings out the best in them wether in a working enviroment school or just social places. Its abit like a great sportsman, teacher or buisnessman, when around or working with these people not all but many around them will start to show improvement in what there doing and continue this when away from them. Its all part of life skills, unfortunatley Its took me 40 years to appreciate what or even where these people like you were about, what I like about your post is that you are still questioning yourself and understand that to be a success you still need to listen to others and what they say. ZJ article is excellent but only to those who will understand it, you undoubtably are one of these, personally I think your post is better as it shows us just at what level you are aiming for.
I for one will not doubt that you will be a very successfull person in life, I have a feeling though that you will succeed to become a very well known name in years to come in poker.

[johnp158]

I haven't read the other responses and I'll keep it brief...

I obviously don't think you suck at poker. But I do think you're playing WAY too much poker. You started college less than a month ago. Go to class, do your work! That still leaves plenty of time for a social life and poker too. Just don't overdo it.