I Care Too Much

I found this great quote in a thread on 2+2.

"investing a huge amount of emotion into a single tournament is pretty stupid and counterproductive to achieving sick results."

While I have kinda known this, I realized that this is probably my single biggest leak, even when I multi-table. I try too hard to make good decisions and I fear making a mistake. I'm playing way too much on a conscious level instead of letting it flow.

I'm going to work on this. One sign that I've noticed tells me I might be thinking too much is constantly calculating my M. While it is important to be conscious of it, I don't have to figure it out every orbit. I've also notice that if I'm playing live and I don't count my chips all the time, it helps me play looser because I'm not so worried about the ups and downs of my stack. As long as I have a general idea of my M, that is enough to make good decisions.