In the thread 'Goals 2014', I listed following goals for myself:I made my yearly goals back in September so I guess I have till August 2014 :)- Win 170K playing poker (67/170 done already. Monetary goals aren't good necessarily but it just gives me an added motivation.)- Travel with my significant other :) Go teach little children in refugee camps in war - torn states in Africa for couple of months with my best friend. (Mainly thinking of going to Sudan)- Go back to Martial Arts classes and pick up where I left off my training (Get stronger and stronger)- Good luck to everybody else here in achieving their goals for the year! This year so far has been really good for me and I've made significant progress on many of the battle fronts!Monetary Goal: Although my goal of 170K was arbitrary and insignificant, it gave me something to strive towards when I was on downswings or breakeven stretches. And now, after all that struggle, I feel like I've conquered a mountain. @Phil: Phil, although I haven't talked to you or seen you in person ever, I still feel like I have learned a tremendous deal from you. Your bluefire videos and your well were the two things that really woke me up and made me approach the game in the right way. I still remember being on a camping trip with my family, and before going to bed, I'd read your well and wait for updates for hours at a time. I sincerely want to thank you for helping me achieve this financial freedom I enjoy today. If academics don't get in the way and I go play the main this year, I'll find you and thank you in person :)Travel with significant other: I've been blessed in a lot of ways, and one of the bigger ways is having an awesome SO! She's done school in a month and after that we are going to be on a travel-mania. We have already booked a getaway to the Caribbean for two weeks just to relax. She knows that I play poker and she is always supportive. She even gave me a small crystal turtle for valentine's day and said it was to remind me the virtues of patience and steadfastness. When emotions flood over me on the felt, I always hear her voice saying "Be calm, be rational; ups and downs are part of the game". The fact that I can lean on her during harsh times make me all the more resilient. Teaching in Sudan: This plan is in motion. My best friend's aunt works with a NGO and she's recruiting both of us to be a part of team that will go and focus on teaching children who have been displaced due to civil war / genocide in south Sudan. I am very eager to go and try to make an ounce of difference in their lives. Seeing hope in their eyes and smiles on their faces would completely fill me up with ecstasy. I have already envisioned it a million times - Me going there, me being their friend, me truly understanding their peril, me laughing with them, me crying with them, me teaching them, me learning from them. It's all so perfectly clear in my mind. This opportunity will make me a better and more aware citizen of the world. Martial Arts: Mixed Martial Arts was a daily part of my life once. Unfortunately, I've lost touch with it. I will get back to it after my Caribbean escape. Hopefully martial arts and poker can create a positive feedback loop in my life; I can achieve physical toughness and mental toughness, each one feeding on the other. I want to end this blog by putting up a poem I wrote when I was at a really bad place in my life; to remind us to always come back stronger after set backs and always rise again after defeats.Phoenix from the AshesAs I move through the thicket, self - abomination and non-chalance tempts me to surrender. In this, I ask myself, how strong are my convictions? Is it possible that I would lay stranded due to impulse and desires. How do I achieve the greatness I promised myself?How to run but never tire, never short on breath, never complain. How to run without any notion of anything else, straight towards your dreams.Steadfast. Never concede. Never surrender; for weakness is death.Movement is life. Not willing to remain motionless,nor willing to move aimlessly. A sense of purpose with the realized infinity within; the bliss, the peace. How not to stumble, to be one's own greatest teacher, ever illuminating. Lives are only a blip in eternity,but to have the choice to make this blip as bright as possible. Rejoice Solace.Adventure Endless, knowledge and ability to put a smile on someone's face, to save a life or to give one; a needed opportunity to prove oneself. Rise once again, after a casual death,like a Phoenix from the Ashes...and take the World.
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