University- what do?
Posted by Sam Lang
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Sam Lang
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University- what do?
So I am confused and conflicted about what I should do with re: university. On one hand, it seems very silly when I am at a decent university to go full board and attempt to be a professional poker player, it is not the sensible thing to do and I may regret it in the future if poker doesn't work out or if I want to get a family etc. On the other hand, I would love the freedom of being to travel where I want when I want, being my own boss and pritty much just doing whatever the fuck I wanna do, when I wanna do it. I have many friends all over the world who are being professional poker players, and am incredibly jealous.
I am not really enjoying the course in the way that I enjoy playing poker and travelling/doing other things etc. It is somewhat fulfilling and challenging, but job wise, I really don't wanna get a job, unless it was for designing rockets and research into colonizing Mars at SpaceX or something similar (would hands down quit poker for good if I could get a job at this company) It is also very difficult to motivate myself from a financial perspective having experienced the swings of PLO. I think I am probably good enough that if I chose to be a professional poker player, and went full time, I could make it work. I am a first year at University, so I kinda wanna make the decision soon, so I don't invest time into half being a poker player, half being a student and dropping out after another few years. Would prefer to drop out or commit to it pritty soon, and if I commit to it that means significantly less time devoted to poker related things, as my course is very intense and requires a fair amount of study.
I am really, very, very tempted to drop out even though I'm enjoying myself somewhat in Bristol. I don't really like following the 'norm' and it would be an amazing amount of fun to live wherever I want and travel the world. If I ignored the responsible or expectation side of things, I would hand down become a poker player lol. I think the internet and economy/politics etc is such a way that for the foreseeable future poker is not going to become illegal for EU citizens and is gonna remain fairly profitable, despite any changes that may happen.
Please give your honest advice as to what I should do. I am a risk taker, and if it failed and I was without a degree and without money, that wouldn't be the worst thing in the world, as long as I'm still <25 years old lol. I am 19 atm btw.
Read Phils blog a while back on this subject, so check it out if you havn't read it: http://www.philgalfond.com/poker-and-your-life/
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