AnIrishmannot2brite
Well-Known Member
Wanted to include this in Aslan's post in "Blackjack General" at: http://www.blackjackinfo.com/bb/showthread.php?t=8740
But as usual I decided it needed it's own thread. Like most my posts they tend to veer off into different ground.
My problem lately has not been excessive negative variance (thank GOD!) but rather losing steam after a winning session. My killer instinct disappears after I've made my daily quota. The reaction being similar to conditions of excessive negative variance:
I get burned out. It's not even hard work really and in some ways less anxiety inducing than my regular day job.
Negative variance typically happens at my normal job (construction). On a daily basis. Examples:
1. A customer wants to change the whole design and expects me not only to meet the deadline as before but keep the project within the same costs. This necessitates unanticipated discussions, disputes because the client is a cheapskate pretending to be a retard. Or even just retarded altogether.
2. I have to maintain a calm regardless of the idiots around me who want me to work for free and still finish on time. Must resist the urge to pack up my stuff and tell the client to "just eff off".
3. Some weeks go by when the phone doesn't ring at all. No income.
Now that's a real life "negative variance" sequence. Happens all the time in one form or another. Frankly I get sick of it. So enter blackjack where at least somewhere there is a casino with half decent rules that is always open.
And yet i get burned out there too. After even a good winning session I get that same over worked feeling. I lose my nerve, the dealers and pit crew all appear suspicious of me, and I just want to leave even though with an increase in bankroll it would allow me to ramp up my unit size and give the joint a real spanking.
What i figure is we develop the thicker skin over time. That a break from the game is important.
And after a breather i can see clearer.
But as usual I decided it needed it's own thread. Like most my posts they tend to veer off into different ground.
My problem lately has not been excessive negative variance (thank GOD!) but rather losing steam after a winning session. My killer instinct disappears after I've made my daily quota. The reaction being similar to conditions of excessive negative variance:
I get burned out. It's not even hard work really and in some ways less anxiety inducing than my regular day job.
Negative variance typically happens at my normal job (construction). On a daily basis. Examples:
1. A customer wants to change the whole design and expects me not only to meet the deadline as before but keep the project within the same costs. This necessitates unanticipated discussions, disputes because the client is a cheapskate pretending to be a retard. Or even just retarded altogether.
2. I have to maintain a calm regardless of the idiots around me who want me to work for free and still finish on time. Must resist the urge to pack up my stuff and tell the client to "just eff off".
3. Some weeks go by when the phone doesn't ring at all. No income.
Now that's a real life "negative variance" sequence. Happens all the time in one form or another. Frankly I get sick of it. So enter blackjack where at least somewhere there is a casino with half decent rules that is always open.
And yet i get burned out there too. After even a good winning session I get that same over worked feeling. I lose my nerve, the dealers and pit crew all appear suspicious of me, and I just want to leave even though with an increase in bankroll it would allow me to ramp up my unit size and give the joint a real spanking.
What i figure is we develop the thicker skin over time. That a break from the game is important.
And after a breather i can see clearer.
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