Operation: Learning to Think - Eliminate The TAG-FISH in Me

just read a bunch of this thread, posting to say gl. 100nl, gogogo!

Originally Posted by Micro2Macro

This means there is a signicant chance I will be taking shots at 100nl next weekend

Seriously sick progress young jedi! Go kick some ass at 100nl now!

very nice, see you there!

Thanks guys.

Soooo I'm up about 17 buyins over 7500 hands at 50nl 6max...this is the sickest heater ever. I'm trying to brace myself for the doomswitch, though I just keep getting people to spew to me :/, it's weird. Hopefully I will get the total hands up to 15000 at least by the end of the week, though given I only 4 table right now, I don't think that's going to happen.

Bleh...stress levels are starting to elevate again. I'm in a long-distance relationship and my gf has been super busy with school lately so I don't really get to see her much. I doubt I'll even get her alone this weekend, and jerking off just doesn't cut it anymore - OKAY ENOUGH OF MY PERSONAL LIFE, moving on:

Decided to play a 100nl session today after being dumped another boat load of money at 50nl, lol. I played pretty well, got into a few marginal spots (no more 3betting junk oop w/o reads kthx). It's funny how the reg's I ran into give 0 respect to 3bets. Just 'cause I have such a high vpip/pfr doesn't mean I have air when I re-raise! Okay maybe it does lfdo but whatever. Actually I shouldn't even say that about 'respect my 3bets' because they ended up just having hands. Common thoughts when people move up I notice is they always think people are targeting them and playing back at them every chance they have - this is not the case, it's just dellusion.

OK on to tomorrows plan:
-watch at least one video
-read a few articles
-intense workout day (chest+back+core ooooo fuckkk yaaa)
-maybe hit up the driving range, I've been stuck indoors alot lately and it may be getting to me a bit. I haven't hit a golf ball since I began working out so seeing any potential distance gains (or losses :/) should be interesting.

Anyway, I'll see how the week unfolds and will consider playing more 100nl. I just need to make sure I'm in the right frame of mind. My plan is not to fuck up this time when I move up - thankfully I'm aware of the past. Will be grinding it this weekend for sure, not doing so is just retarded with my bankroll.

Peace guys.

Thanks again for letting me look over your shoulder yesterday.

Good luck with all your life shit.

np sasquach.

So quick update, life things are good - had a few minor issues come up that I somehow managed to sorted out really fast and effectively so thats a huge win. I think I'll play 50nl tonight and reserve some 100nl action for the weekend warriors.

Okay so here's the deal for tomorrow:

-Wake up early/drive Mom into work so I can take the car for the day because I am not yet baller enough to own a car.
-Workout: shoulders+triceps+cardio(maybe, I still can't seem to get into the cardio thing)
-Watch 1 video, read a couple articles.
-Poker: 50nl 6max in the early part of the day, depending on how things go, I'll consider playing 100nl later on.
-Chill with my gf for the evening since she's back for a few days (sweet)
-do something marginally productive before bed (i.e. short session, read an article, watch some of a video etc)

/day

Gl to all you guys grinding this weekend, I won't be updating this blog until Sunday night becuase I'll be focusing on other things and won't be worrying about updating with results and shit until the grind is done.

-m2m

20 buy-in heater followed by a 9 buy-in cooler, all within about 11k hands.

I gotta stop being so curazy

I had one major spew hand today - not bad for 1 in 11k hands...I somehow convinced myself it would be a good idea to stackoff with AQ preflop sb-vs-bu. Then I had roughly 1.5 buyins stationed off to idiots, fml.

I had the shittiest day ever though, I shoulnd't have been playing.

Oh and something interesting I noticed at 6max is people actually c/r the river.

I think I've been c/r'd on the river 2-3 times over a couple hundred k hands at full ring, not kidding. Perhaps I'm just vbetting thinner these days..

So thought for tomorrow: BEFORE you click the mouse to make a decision, you MUST KNOW AHEAD OF TIME what your action will be when faced with resistance. Anticipation is key, if you think bet/fold is the best line to take, then MAKE A PLAN TO BET/FOLD. Don't just click buttons and then act on a whim when faced with an 'unexpected decision'. Unexpected decisions should NOT exist, and there's absolutely no fucking excuse for this. If impulsive, ego driven, curious actions are coming before planning and anticipation, it's time to shut it down. It's OK to re-evaluate based on some sort of read (i.e. timing/sizing tell), however, this should be incorporated into the original plan anyway, and thus, our emotions shouldn't get in the way of swaying that fold into a call.

I hear ya on the c/r river thing...

No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (5 handed) - Hold'em Manager Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

UTG ($104)
MP ($117.40)
Hero (Button) ($124.15)
SB ($91.90)
BB ($102.45)

Preflop: Hero is Button with A, 6
2 folds, Hero bets $3, SB calls $2.50, BB calls $2

Flop: ($9) J, 5, 2 (3 players)
SB checks, BB checks, Hero checks

Turn: ($9) A (3 players)
SB checks, BB bets $6, Hero calls $6, 1 fold

River: ($21) A (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $8, BB raises $42, Hero calls $34

Total pot: $105

Results:
Hero had A, 6 (three of a kind, Aces).
BB had 2, 2 (full house, twos over Aces).
Outcome: BB won $102

I stopped the session shortly after.

I <3 FR

nit. 6m is more fun.

Yeah and everytime I was c/r'd I had either a flush or trips or something that wasn't quite the nuts, and I got sucekd in from 'lol pot odds'. GOD IM A FISH SOMETIEMS LIKE FUCK.

Originally Posted by dev

nit. 6m is more fun.

I'm just sayin...I've never been c/r'd on the river, and if I was, teh inherent dynamic of the format would almost always necessitate a snapfold.

It's pretty much a snap fold no matter what... but it's tilting because I pretty much never c/r the river myself unless my opponent's bet size screams "I'm bluffing!" and I don't beat a bluff. (that happens more often than you'd think, I see rivers with air a lot )

Should we be c/ring rivers? Maybe when we have nutish hands on scary boards vs. opponents who are capable of bluffing scare cards. Even then, since it's a scary board we can expect to get called by opponents who bluff scare cards. I can't really think of a good example, but it can't be a completely useless play. Maybe there's a situation where we are polarized but our opponent doesn't really know that so he bluffs the river on a scary board anyway, and we just c/r our entire range.

omg I am bad.

KK vs AA all in preflop......


.....200bb deep

I'm too tilted to play after now busting out of the 100k tourney as an 80% fav so I think I'm just going to study for the rest of the night before I meet up with my gf.

Starting to play better poker.

Hi mate.

Been watching your OP with much interest. Congrats on the new setup - must feel great to have bought that from poker winnings.

If I stop being a lazyass and start dedicating myself to improvement, would appreciate any thoughts you have on my OP in the future..

Do you play only on Stars? How far away does your gf live? I'm at 50NL 6max in a long distance relationship. Basically we're in the same boat but you make money. Good luck with everything man.

Originally Posted by kmind

Do you play only on Stars? How far away does your gf live? I'm at 50NL 6max in a long distance relationship. Basically we're in the same boat but you make money. Good luck with everything man.

Yeah I play on only Stars, I'm grinding 50nl FR for the next couple days and will be playing more 50nl 6max later in the week.

My gf is living 2 hours away. She works + goes to school so it's pretty tough to get together with her. We get to talk everyday though so I am thankful for that. I'm starting to get used to not seeing her as often as I would like to, and I think it's going to give me the drive to start getting my shit together with poker and stop autopiloting, start putting in more effort, and start moving up.

What about you, how far is your girl? How often do you guys see each other etc? PM me if you wanna chat about life/poker etc, I'd be glad to swap HH's, do some session reviews, discuss theory, and of course other non technical aspects of this beast.


So anyway I recently just had a 13 buyin downswing but have realized the cause and am in the process of recovery - yeah it was a cooler, but yeah I should have saved at least a few buyins. Autopiloting is tilt - I fucking autopiloted 50nl for 50k+ hands no wonder my lifetime win rate is nothing but shit. Sure I may make some small coin, but I have literally passed up the opportunity to make alot more simply because of my lack of respect for really needing to think carefully through every decision made. Whenever I stop thinking about my opponents ranges, I start losing.

My game has opened up alot though, so I'm still working out alot of the kinks. Mostly just finding different spots to barrel or c/r, but nontheless, new situations to learn from. My awareness of game flow seems to be improving as well, I think this comes from changing up my sessions from FR-6max and so on.

Yes! Autopiloting is 100% just subdued tilt. It's like tilt for pussies that don't want to asplode display the symptoms of conventional tilt as we know it.

I've been realising this myself lately as well, like this exact thing. As a result I've decided not to 6 table unless I'm defo 100% focussed. Maybe reducing the amount of tables tempoairly can help you to get back into manual greatness and out of auto donkness. Just until manual becomes automatic; bit of a paradox, but it makes sense.

I agree with autopiloting leading to losses and downswings. I also agree that, once I stop thinking in ranges, all is lost and I shouldn't be playing poker anymore.

I was having trouble starting sessions and diving right into thinking in ranges. Something that has helped me was reviewing a few hands from the previous session (with villain's cards face-down) and creating ranges for villain. Two or three hands playing with that and PokerStove and I feel comfortable enough to start a session. Just an idea.

Originally Posted by Micro2Macro

My gf is living 22 hours flight away. She works + goes to school + is in a 12hrs different timezone, so it's pretty tough to get together with her. We get to talk sometimes though

sounds familiar

Originally Posted by Micro2Macro

Autopiloting is tilt - I fucking autopiloted 100nl for 400k+ hands no wonder my lifetime win rate is nothing but shit. Sure I may make some small coin, but I have literally passed up the opportunity to make alot more simply because of my lack of respect for really needing to think carefully through every decision made. Whenever I stop thinking about my opponents ranges, I start losing.

sounds familiar

Originally Posted by Micro2Macro

My awareness of game flow seems to be improving as well, I think this comes from a conscious decision to play better as well as doing more study/work to improve my game

yup

nice PC set up, mine looks pretty much the same. I've had it for 3 years'ish now, wondering if I'll ever move upto 3 monitors lol

You, my friend, are an honorable dude.

I feel bad though...so let's set up the same thing for me, vice versa...starting NOW.

you are both honourable. lets donate your dollars. TO ME!

Originally Posted by BooG690

You, my friend, are an honorable dude.

I feel bad though...so let's set up the same thing for me, vice versa...starting NOW.

thanks, and that sounds good.

Originally Posted by mxiu

you are both honourable. lets donate your dollars. TO ME!

Originally Posted by Micro2Macro

The Mutombo smiley makes me LOL so hard.

Originally Posted by BooG690

Originally Posted by Micro2Macro

The Mutombo smiley makes me LOL so hard.

Knowing that you will BE your avatar in less than 30 years makes ME lol so hard.

Ok...

Tomorrow is going to be a long day, I have 754vpps to clear.

I may have to consider 9 tablling FR...which I have been very reluctant to do lately, though it's going to be necessary.

Thoughts for tomorrows session: DISCIPLINE, CONTROL, EFFORT.

It's going to be tough to grind about 3kish hands without autopilot sinking it eventually, thought I am going to do my best to try. I played 3k hands today and admittedly was very tired, but I am quite pleased on how well I was able to maintain my focus and not tilt. Breaking even will be satisfying, though I'm aiming to play my A game throughout the entire day.

Game will mostly be 50nl, a little bit of 100nl will be played earlier in the day while my focus is sharper - this should make it easier to obtain, and I'm in the middle of moving up right now so it'll be good to get some more hands in at that level. I plan on getting a good rest tonight, waking up early tomorrow, eat a good breakfast, and be able to tackle this and maxmimize my expectation in the process.

Later guys

Good luck dude! Pwn those fish and get platinum star. WOOP WOOOP!

September review:

I learned alot. That is basically all I have to say.

As for the volume, this is the past 2 weeks. The other 2 weeks I only put in 15kish hands at 25nl-50nl for a measly +$200ish. I worked out a bunch of kinks in my game, and managed to get through a pretty epic downswing, which would have been much easier if I hadn't been auto-piloting. Anyway here's the graph of the last 2 weeks since I don't feel like importing the HH's from my other DB into this one to make it all one graph.



Cash: $1200
MTT: $22
RB: $300
Profits: $1522

Sadly, I could have 'easily' doubled that figured if I planned it right.. On the plus side I used my time effectively for other things such as studying, I think this will allow me to reap more rewards later. Like I said before, I learned alot this month.

Bring on auto-pilot free October.

October goals:

-watch at least 5 videos per week
-put in 5 additional hours of study
-grind at least 25 hours each week (30 as long as I am in the right frame of mind)
-quit when auto-piloting sinks in
-gym 5 days a week (assuming no illness/injury)
-...[insert more here later]

from there I should learn and experience enough to be able to settle in at 100nl comfortably.

GL to you guys.

-m2m

took today off for grinding since I played so much over the last few days. tomorrow is the start of what I anticipate to be the most productive month to date.

The fact that I dislike my father is giving me the drive to work hard enough at this game to bring about the opportunity of financial gain capable of allowing me to exit this place called home that I live in.

I guess I just never have been understood by anyone, or perhaps it's just me who doesn't understand.

I don't expect anyone to understand this post either, but I guess it's just a way for me to escape.

I will grind on, but still quit when incapable of playing well.

VPPs till Supernova: 68,741

Originally Posted by Micro2Macro

The fact that I dislike my father is giving me the drive to work hard enough at this game to bring about the opportunity of financial gain capable of allowing me to exit this place called home that I live in.

I guess I just never have been understood by anyone, or perhaps it's just me who doesn't understand.

I don't expect anyone to understand this post either, but I guess it's just a way for me to escape.

I will grind on, but still quit when incapable of playing well.

VPPs till Supernova: 68,741

If the first bold has anything to do with the 2nd bold I definitely know where you're coming from kid. (Lol, kid when we're like the same age. :P) I have a lot of problems with my "real" dad as well. (My parent's divorced when I was like 4, and my mom remarried.) If you ever wanna share sob stories, you know where to find me.

Originally Posted by Micro2Macro

I don't expect anyone to understand this post ....

the father thing + wanting to grind your way into independence makes total sense to me. Hope it pans out for you.

Thanks for the support guys.

Achieving Supernova is officially one of my goals now and will start keeping track of my pace on Monday. I plan on grinding over pace on certain days so I can save room for 'slack' days where I can focus on playing fewer tables than normal while solidifying reads and enhancing my learning experience. I'm positive I will be able to achieve this goal without letting the quality of my play deteriorate - I only expect myself to improve. So I'll probably do something like 8-10 table full ring on Day 1, then 4 table 6max on Day 2, etc... I plan on just always switching it up and never getting stuck in a 'mode' unless I find a zone where I literally start printing money. I want to keep my mind open though and my game feeling fluid and adaptive to changing conditions.

So far I feel like I am playing well at 100nl - though I missed an EASY value shove on the river right near the end of my last session, and I think it was due to being tired/unfocused. I ended up quitting right after the hand was through, and am proud of myself for that.

I start off my day with this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHyXdyRXMsg

Today will be a low volume grind, high volume study day. Gym is tentative as my body is in need of recovery, but I will likely do some light cardio.

Originally Posted by Micro2Macro

I start off my day with this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHyXdyRXMsg

ha! "Come git me, I'm dancing." These ads are really well done.

Played a really solid sesh tonight, aside from one hand that involved me leveling myself into calling an overbet jam with 2nd pair on the river in a 3bet pot.

Pro tip: don't overthink simple spots.

Tomorrow's plan:

-Solid workout (likely upping the load on some exercises)
-Watch 2 preselected video's on my list/take notes/engage myself in the content/review over the next few days to let it soak in
-Aim to play 2500 hands, 2000 being the lower bound based on how I feel, 3000+ being the upper bound, which I'll shoot for if I'm feeling it. Hopefully I'll manage to have half of that 100nl, and the rest 50nl.

Let's hope I'm feeling it - bed early to make it happen.

gogogogogogo

hey, micro, good luck with grind and life - I always seem to play worse with volume goals, but you always seem to perform better with them. Different styles. Hope it all comes good for you. Lifes and pokerz.

Originally Posted by Robb

hey, micro, good luck with grind and life - I always seem to play worse with volume goals, but you always seem to perform better with them. Different styles. Hope it all comes good for you. Lifes and pokerz.

Hey Robb thanks for dropping in. I seem a bit so-so with volume goals to be honest. I hate picking an exact target, so instead I chose a range and aim to land insdie of it, as you can see. I feel it's probably the best way to go about volume (for me at least), especially for a short term volume goal because so many things like fatique/tiltyness etc can take over before the max # of hands is reached.

This month instead of aiming for a certain number of hands played I'm aiming to put in a certain # of hours. Then I'll basically just fill in the blanks daily figuring out how many hands I should play.

Good luck to you too sir, cya around.

dunno if 2+2 wells are part of your study?
I'm copying out the interesting/useful stuff from a bunch of them for re-reading later. There's gold in them thar steaming piles of turd

Originally Posted by daven

dunno if 2+2 wells are part of your study?

Are you referring to the stickies in the various threads?

Originally Posted by daven

dunno if 2+2 wells are part of your study?
I'm copying out the interesting/useful stuff from a bunch of them for re-reading later. There's gold in them thar steaming piles of turd

The entire 2+2 archives are, not just the wells alone. Some of those wells are really good reads. Lately I've been on DC mostly getting through some key videos I have picked out.

Today's goal:

Value bet the river very liberally.

Yesssss made a few 'thin' river shoves today. Starting to get a feel for it, will do some more maths later.

Originally Posted by Micro2Macro

Yesssss made a few 'thin' river shoves today. Starting to get a feel for it, will do some more maths later.

Sounds like you're making good progress. Way to go. Can't wait the breakdown of a couple of these hands (unless you hadn't planned on posting any obv).

Originally Posted by al yell

Originally Posted by Micro2Macro

Yesssss made a few 'thin' river shoves today. Starting to get a feel for it, will do some more maths later.

Sounds like you're making good progress. Way to go. Can't wait the breakdown of a couple of these hands (unless you hadn't planned on posting any obv).

it's nothing really too exciting, won't bother posting since it's standard.

Tomorrow's plan:

[ ] workout
[ ] grind 2500 hands minimum
[ ] complete the study of one of the DC videos on my list
[ ] re-read 3 articles
[ ] post 2-3 hands on FTR

I won't be satisfied with any of these boxes left unchecked.

fml fml fml

taking a day off or something from poker I can't play under these conditions.

bbl.

Well I got over subtle life tilt and grinded last night. Cleaned up 8 buyins or so @ 50nl. Ran so hot it made me want to puke, but I played really really well. I don't think I've maintained focus like that in awhile, I put in about 5-6 hours yet still felt like I could have played more. It seems like everytime something bad happens to me it ignites a wave of motivation to just get things done...

2 days off for weekend festivities, so I'll be back at it Monday.

Have a good one guys,

-m2m

Have fun my friend.

And what in the fuck were you doing in the "i can haz fold flush" hand?

Originally Posted by Illfavor

Have fun my friend.

And what in the fuck were you doing in the "i can haz fold flush" hand?

Thanks.

Every once and awhile I make a mistake.

Let's see if I can grind 3k hands tomorrow after taking 2 days off.

Heh, after being spoken to at the tables today apparently first impressions last. I still carry the reputation of a comlete spewtard apparently.

On another note, it's still early to tell whether I'll make Supernova or not, though I think I can pull through.

That'd be pretty sick if you did imo. From 2nl bronze star in january, to Supernova 100nl in December. Sick life.

gl sir.

change ur stars av u tosser

Emailed Stars regarding my avatar lolll

I really hope this new one goes through.

On a side note: No more fucking caffiene before/during sessions. I played so retardedly aggro today and probably left a little over a buy-in on the table as a result.

and lol @ you tugger, I know you down-rated my blog. hu4rollz anytime ty.

Played 4500 hands yesterday, felt pretty good about it. Wasn't on my A game at first...then it came...then it went. It's annoying that I probably could have saved about 2 buyins over the course of the day but meh, today will be better. I was also trying out a bunch of things that I don't normally do and learned some things so that definately is a +. I was definately tired at the end of my session but kept on going. I'm working on picking up the volume for the rest of the month.

I have 63,556 VPP's till Supernova. I'll see if I can grind at least 800 today, though >1,000 would be ideal to keep slightly over pace.

lol fml, decided to screw around at 50nl HU and played wayyyy to long of a session, ended up dumping a couple buyins there. Was up too late and was tired/not paying enough attention. Fail. Probably shouldn't have played poker tonight after fighting with my gf..sigh.

Discipline seems to be fading a bit..uhhh gonna study more than play tomorrow and try and get back on track. Not going to let bs irl get in the way of things anymore.

In my experience rl bs & the "things" it gets in the way of are more closely related than we'd like to admit. Don't lose focus M. We're professionals.

http://www.flopturnriver.com/poker-and-life.php

A sick article I found here about that. Amazing writer imo.

nh BooG

nh BooG

Today is all about making good decisions. I'll be 6 tabling 100nl full ring while making the best decision every time I click that mouse. I'm on my A-game.

GET SOME!!!

Just finished the swongiest session of my career imo. Ended up mannies so thats a +. Hopefully urs goes better! GL

Okay, I'm going to try something out and see how it goes.

I'm going to post EVERY single hand of today where I lost 50bb or more even if it's a cooler or standard. The point isn't to complain about getting unlucky or whatever, it's to force me to post the hands where I really fuck up too. The standard ones I'll just make a note on for being standard, but the ones that are spew will be publicly available for all you guys to bash and flame me for. Who knows, maybe there's going to be some 'standard hands' I post that end up being really, really bad.

Maybe this will work, should be fun. I'll start off with a session on 50nl and go from there.

Okay first hand is just super super standard. This guy gave off a timing tell and a bet sizing tell and I put him squarly on AsKs. Nh tag-fish:

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (9 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

MP3 ($100.50)
CO ($72.20)
Button ($27.85)
Hero (SB) ($50)
BB ($50)
UTG ($53.20)
UTG+1 ($52.55)
MP1 ($61.05)
MP2 ($64.60)

Preflop: Hero is SB with A, A
4 folds, MP3 bets $2, 2 folds, Hero raises to $7, 1 fold, MP3 calls $5

Flop: ($14.50) 7, 8, 4 (2 players)
Hero bets $8, MP3 raises to $49.50, Hero calls $35 (All-In)

Turn: ($100.50) 9 (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: ($100.50) J (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: $100.50 | Rake: $3


So that's standard, this one is too. I hate to only have 2 coolers to post though I would like some feedback on my bet sizing here in this hand. What do you guys think of my re-raise size? Villain is a nit regular, I wanted to size my raise appropriately to let him think he can still spazz out with a flush draw properly..thoughts?

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (8 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

MP2 ($95.85)
CO ($48)
Button ($52.60)
Hero (SB) ($64.20)
BB ($52.95)
UTG ($50)
UTG+1 ($54.35)
MP1 ($50.75)

Preflop: Hero is SB with 5, 5
6 folds, Hero bets $1.50, BB calls $1

Flop: ($3) 6, 10, 5 (2 players)
Hero bets $2, BB raises to $7.45, Hero raises to $17.50, BB raises to $51.45 (All-In), Hero calls $33.95

Turn: ($105.90) 7 (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: ($105.90) 4 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: $105.90 | Rake: $3


This hand I didn't lose a big pot but I want to post because I don't think I like betting the turn here once he peels my c/r...however if I do bet I think I need to make it 8 dollar at least, my sizing is weird. Villain is a tight reg starting tables (this is our first hand heads up, no history), a bit on the straightforward/passive side. I think If I want to take him off a pair on the turn if he's weak/tight enough to fold it I need to bet like 9-9.50 or something. Flame please.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (2 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

SB ($50.25)
Hero (BB) ($50)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 10, Q
SB bets $1.50, Hero calls $1

Flop: ($3) K, 4, J (2 players)
Hero checks, SB bets $1.50, Hero raises to $4.50, SB calls $3

Turn: ($12) 3 (2 players)
Hero bets $7, SB calls $7

River: ($26) 6 (2 players)
Hero checks, SB checks

Total pot: $26 | Rake: $1

Goals for the rest of the month:
-stop donating to the fish
-stop trying to move fish off hands
-stop getting it in light vs nits
-focus, discipline, control