Jeffrey I think you hit the nail on the head in your above post : when the money starts meaning nothing, it's time to start moving up to where you respect your own raises.

I've struggled with this a lot ; it's one of the reasons I've stewed in low-midstakes mediocrity for a while now.

But when I jumped to nl400 after basically fooling around at nl200 overrolled, I reay felt my game make a jump from playing with more intensity and facing more aggression from my opponents.

GL with your progress.