Calling an all-in for $27 more after you raised to $45 in a cash game with JJ, and you are pretty sure your opponent has AA. Calling a min raise when you are in the big blind with 2-4 off suit because 8 people have called (ifyou re-raise, the original raiser will no doubt call because she is THAT player), coming into work at 8 a.m. (at least while you still have a mortgage), leaving your kitty in the morning even though she is beyond cute and begging you not to leave. All of the above are actions that, of course, like anything we have a choice (in a perfect world), but for all practical purposes, your decisions are already made for you because of the underlying circumstances.
Freedom is underrated. It is the greatest thing that exists. The very foundation of our country is rooted in our forefathers' desire for freedom. Entrepeneurs and business owners are lured into their career paths partially by the freedom associated with it. To be disentangled from a supervisor, a boss, a cranky, obnoxious, unappreciative owner, that cringes everytime he hands you your pay check, because in his head, all you are is a necessary evil in order to provide his free status, would be a dream.
Every fiber of my being desires freedom. I have gone down the root of solo business owner/proprietor on more than one occasion. When I was younger, I started my own baby-sitting business. My friend and I would share clients, based upon our schedule. In law school, my first and second year, I took an ad out in the Law Journal offering per diem paralegal services and did work at home at night for extra money.
Towards the end of law school, in the summers, I advertised a business called "Miracle Mixers," a company founded by me after I worked briefly on the weekends for a company called At Your Service. They hired out servers and bartenders for at home parties, etc. and charged the client 35$ an hour and paid the employees 10$. So I cut out the middle man, hired five of my friends, and took an ad out in the Hampton Star, and a few other papers, made business cards, and started my business. For three summers, I was rolling in the money. And then I graduated law school, friends moved away and I started a real job, without time for this business, so I retired it. My second year as an attorney, I sent a mailing to 200 doctors advertising my services for insuarance appeals (I had some experience with it) and made several thousands of dollars doing that. And then I had one nightmare client, that made me run screaming from doing this (she threatened all kinds of retaliatory action because her appeal was not successful- and she was completely nuts). However, I may take this up again because it was great extra money.
Yesterday, my friend Deborah and I were speaking and I told her, there are no good, 24 hour bagel stores anywhere for a 20 mile radius with the exception of one. If we open a great bagel store, we would make a killing, so she and I started hypotehetically planning that business.
I am also working on the formation of a website for legal services that will be up and running in the next three months. Hopefully, we will generate great business from that.
My entire life, I have done nothing but illustrate my desire to be in my own business, go out on my own, do my own thing. This is all I want in life. And I will do it. It is just a matter of time.
Quick poker update- I cleaned up in sit n gos. 1st on stars in $50 (considering I had $55 in my account) and 2nd on full tilt (only had $80 before my 2nd place finish). I foolishly played the $30 r on UB (cost me $123) and $10r on stars ($61). But that's ok. I was literally falling asleep 1 hour after I started playing and just donked out of them. Work is really affecting my poker results =)
Anyway, thank goodness it is FRIDAY!!!!
Good luck and peace,
Lucky C.
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