One of the hardest things I think that there is about playing poker successfully is being able to balance not fretting over the uncontrollable aspects of the game with also being able to succinctly and swiftly hold yourself accountable for the aspects of your game that are controllable, and being able to recognize the difference between the two.
That quote is from Mike Schneider's blog, and it really hit home for me. I think a huge factor in my poor results that last few months was that I really lost sight of what is and isn't in my control, and because of it I let my emotions get the best of me way too much. Even once I realized that on some level, I felt unable to fix it when I played. I'm hoping that taking a long break from the game will give me a chance to "clean out" the bad habits that developed and rebuild my game almost from scratch, instead of just picking up where I left off.
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