the quest of quests - lupin goes for broke

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Instead of building a bankroll, etc., I think I'm going to document something a little different. Tenatively beginning this saturday, I'm going to give updates at the time of my choosing as to my status towards my goal. I'll keep it all within this thread.warning: this paragraph is boring. If you don't like being bored, go to the ---!There will be minimal poker content. I won't go into details about my poker career, which has been modestly profitable since November of 2003. Back to the point, I'm going to try to build a roll playing ONLY LIMIT HOLD'EM. I'll begin with a small amount of cash on each of 4 major sites and will play 1/2 short for the next few months and moving up. My no limit game is competent enough for me to beat party nl100. I beat nl50 6max for ~10bb/100 over many tens of thousands of hands, but I'd like to learn limit and I don't think starting off at 3/6 short is a good idea.---In short, any poker content will be limited to a brief summary and maybe a link to a hand or two for discussion.Back to the point, tho. I plan on spending the next four weeks in a state of self-improvement. There are a billion reasons for this, most of which revolve around a lack of self-satisfaction. Hopefully, when I finish, I'll at least have a little something I can look back upon and smile.The situation:1a) I'm 1st and inches from graduating in a few months, but I'd like to at least prove to myself that I'm capable of doing work. I've spent maybe a grand total of 100 hours or so doing work when I didn't -need- to do it at school over the past few years. I am a master of the corner-cut; if you need proof, it's been duly documented in an endless parade of under-edited papers with theses thrown together at the last minute. At least I never resorted to the size 14 font. That fooled no one, shame on you.1b) I will need a source of income this summer. I would like to get to the point where I'm responsible and confident enough to find a job w/o family assistance. 2) I have a chronic illness which has, at times, rendered me very physically exhausted. The weird thing is, when I'm healthy and in remission, I seem to act just as 'lazy.'3) I've faced some challenges in the past 8 years that I honestly believe I could have handled much better. If backstory becomes relevant at some point, I'll provide it. 4) The majority of days, I wake up with no motivation to do anything whatsoever. This isn't normal, or at least it shouldn't be normal for someone of my age. 5) I have bad habits, demons, or whatever you call the things you regret within a minute of their coming to pass. Letting these things continue can only be bad for me.Your usual depressing crap, right? Not so! The point of this quest is to address these issues. Consider it an experiment in the generation of accountability. In any case, I apologize in advance should I actually begin this egotistical quest on Saturday. If you have any comments or suggestions going into this weekend's kickoff, such as how to quantify success towards my goal, I'd like to hear it. Since you got this far, I kinda expect you to.. :wink: Until then, lata!-adamp.s. On second thought.. Our house is having a keg race on friday so, more likely, expect this to start on sunday.