Hello everybody! I thought I'd start a journal of some sort, because I enjoy writing and I'm also about to start playing poker more seriously after a bit of a break.

I had to work 9-to-5 for the last 10,5 months, it's an alternative for military duty here in Finland. I chose not to join military service for a few reasons, one of them being that I could come home after work (and weekends) to play poker. Turned out that working 8 hours a day AND giving 110% to poker sessions wasn't as easy as I thought, so my grinding and studying habits became quite recreational. I'm free now, and I have some catching up to do. One positive aspect of it was that it forced me to have a routine, which has never come naturally to me. Now I just need to make sure that I can form new habits and stick with them.

My main focus as of now is to focus mainly on mental aspects of the game. There are a lot of things I need to fix and I'm sure that applies to most of you. What I love (and hate) about poker is that it forces you to deal with your most fundamental problems, and if you refuse to see it that way, you're doomed to self-sabotage. Your mentality is a lense through which you see the world. All your insecurities, fears and biases will show up in your reality, which causes a flawed vision. So it's extremely important to make sure that your mindset is proper and that you're mentally healthy. It's the foundation of it all.

I will be writing about things that I think are important. It'll be a way for me to take these things off of my head and bring some of the things that are raveling in my mind into being.

Talk to you soon!