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The main question of our time is how to manage everything? In the transience of time, everyone is equal, each person has only 24 hours in a day. Gleb Arkhangelsky in the book "Time Drive" gives several effective life hacks on how to find time for work, family and your favorite hobby. We tell you how to implement these recommendations in the life of a poker player.
1. What is the right rest
The most important part of work is quality rest. Without it, the brain does not fully recover, the mind becomes not so sharp, and the head is not so clear. This significantly affects the quality of your poker decisions. We tell you in detail about effective techniques for recuperation.
Rest during the day
Breaks in work or school during the day should be mandatory, even if you have a complete blockage. The most effective is considered to be a change of activity. For example, if you played a session without a break for several hours in a row, then it is useful to go to the window and look at nature or just in the distance in a five-minute break. Another way to switch is to communicate with other people on emotional topics (not necessarily poker topics). The game uses the analytical mind more, and switching its focus to the emotional sphere will be a great rest.
Laziness can be different
The reasons for laziness are different, and its appearance is absolutely normal with overwork, in a protracted downstreet, after an experienced tilt, with a mismatch between "I want" and "I must", as well as with the feeling that you are playing a deliberately failed session. There is also “creative laziness” - a state in which new ideas and insights often come
But only if you follow a few rules:
- Lazy only 100%, not thinking about business.
- Consciously make a decision "I want to be lazy and I will do it."
- Before you go into a state of creative laziness, you need to load your brain with useful information on a problem that requires a creative solution. But during the laziness itself, there is no way to think about this problem at all.
Sleep all over the head
Healthy sleep is the main element of your health and productive work. Stability in bedtime and wake time is important here. It is difficult not only for poker players, but also for an ordinary person to come to the mode. An hour before bedtime, avoid gadgets and determine for yourself the activities that will switch your psyche to rest. For example, reading or walking.
The optimal sleep time for everyone is individual. Sleep consists of several cycles of changing the “fast” and “slow” phases.
The secret of quality rest is that the total duration of sleep should be a multiple of one cycle. For example, if the length of your cycle is 1.5 hours, then sleep should be 7.5 hours, not 8 hours. Then upon awakening, you will feel refreshed and rested, your head will be clear. Try different lengths of sleep, and soon you will find the optimal time that will allow you to feel most productive.
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Surely you have noticed that in the afternoon, the body often begins to sleep. This doesn't happen by chance. According to human biorhythms, at this time there is a decline in activity. There is a special practice of microsleep. It is enough for the brain to sleep for 15-20 minutes to reboot and refresh, but at the same time not go into a deep phase. True, not everyone can afford such a vacation.
Accommodation of the moment
The world around is rapidly rushing forward. Your affairs in this race lose their meaning and fullness. Even while resting, you think about work, and while working, you do not stop dreaming about rest. You need to learn to focus on what you are doing, to be immersed in the process. By learning to plan your time, you get the opportunity, for example, to allow yourself to look at the sunset, because you know exactly what time it starts and how long it will last. At this time, you will not be puzzled by other things because of the confidence that the rest of your activities are under control and do not overlap with what you are doing at the moment. Such planning allows life to become more meaningful and full.
For a professional poker player, the problem of time planning will be solved by a well-designed tournament grid. If you are a member of a backing fund, then this problem has already been solved for you.
If you are playing on your own, then in an individual lesson, tournament poker coach Alexey Exan13 will help you make the right schedule for the most effective game at a specific limit. After that, you will be able to distinguish between the time of play and rest.
Social media hygiene
Limit your social media subscriptions to the most important publics. Scrolling through the news feed is a very energy-intensive process for the brain. He needs to switch from one type of content to another in seconds. It is better to go to the public or account you are interested in and purposefully study several posts or articles. The next day, set aside time for someone else. Poker resources also need to be filtered. Watching only entertaining poker streams is not the best idea, as you will not develop. Add educational portals to your subscriptions to help raise your game skill to a new level. Poker University has an official Telegram account. Subscribe to it and you will not miss any news!
Outdoor activities
Active leisure is a mandatory type of leisure for a professional player. This weekend format allows your brain to switch for a while, forgetting about surrounding issues and problems. If you feel that you cannot cope with emotions on your own, seek professional advice from a poker psychologist who will understand your situation and help you solve any issues not only of a poker nature, but also of a personal nature.
