Small Recap of 2010
Basically, 2010 was an interesting year from me. On the poker front, I scooped my first big live score and achieved my goal of making £2500 profit from poker over the year.
2010 was also a challenging year from a 'real life' perspective, in which I was forced to take a real hard look at my life and why I had lost some momentum with my career and, well, everything. As a result, I built a door, visited Gibraltar, and finally ended up working here.
As I've bragged about before, it's pretty wonderful out here and I feel really stretched and challenged in my new role, in ways that I haven't been stretched in quite some time. In other words, I'm out of first gear and whilst I'm not in fifth yet (there's so much more I can do, professionally and personally, but I'm really glad to have the opportunity to learn, develop and grow), I feel I'm getting there, step by step. I can't deny there have been times when I've been a little homesick, especially this Christmas which was the first time I've ever been away from my family for the holidays, but fortunately some colleagues were kind enough to invite me for a particularly multi-cultural Christmas dinner and it was so nice to have their support. Admittedly, I'd never spent Christmas with a dutch guy, polish girl and more romanians and germans than you can shake a stick at, but it was actually amazing. I recommend Romanian food too, it's right on the money.
I'm not really one for reminiscing and such, suffice it to say 2010 was awesome, notably in how quickly new friends were added to old friends (who i miss dearly) and how much I grew as a person. I know that 2011 will be better. I am determined, and here's how:
Goals for 2011:
1. Don't give a shit about poker. I work with it all day everyday and it's getting to the point where I'm not enjoying playing. Stop taking it too seriously and just enjoy myself. Don't think about profit and loss, odds and outs and all that kind of thing. Just enjoy it for the rush and the buzz that it is. (Only poker goal)
2. Take better care of myself. That involves eating right and playing more sport, start playing rugby again and just generally not being such a lazy fuck. It also involves not drinking through the week. Fortunately, today isn't a weekday, so I'm off into Spain for tapas and live music.
3. Develop professionally. Continue to learn and grow by taking the advice of those around me. I happen to work in a company of rockstars, and I can make better use of their experience. I have a certain set of professional goals but this blog isn't the appropriate place for them.
4. Languages: speak more German, get back to studying Dutch and get my French back to the level it was when I was 18. There are 28 different nationalities in our company, so I'll always find a practice partner. On top of all that, learn Spanish. And double quick. I don't want to live in Gibraltar forever, and Andalucia is so fucking beautiful it's insane. I have to live there. And that involves speaking Spanish. You all know me. I won't be 'that guy' in Spain that has to talk English all the time. I won't do it.
5. Be more relaxed, socially. Sometimes I'm a bit of a social retard because my brain is working overtime to analyse situations. Fuck that, just chill out, dickhead. Stop sweating the small stuff and just relax.
6. Come back to England at least once, but also take a holiday to somewhere I've never been. Morocco is on the cards. As is Tunisia.
7. Invite as many people as possible to come visit here during the summer. It's gonna be insane, and if you're reading this, you're invited.
I hope you all had awesome holidays and I wish you the best for 2011.
Gl, and not just at the tables,
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