longple goes yolo around the world

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I stole the afterpic from raiderns LP interview he did with me, its from ~ that time, im not a big pictureperson
Ive for sure been blogging about that earlier, sorry to the blogfollowing readers for the repitition.

So? who cares..

So why am i bringing all of these ”big” events from my life up in this blog? Am i trying to brag about how i overcome some demons and managed to attain some success in life/poker?

What i came to realise as i was brainstorming in my bubble earlier this day was that all of those things that has shaped my life into something better
came from massive fucking action and pushing myself out of my comfortzone. Its so eye opening when u put it like that.

Another thing that has led me to success many times is hitting rock bottom, feeling fucking miserable over a broken heart, overweight, just being busto
at poker etc, and finding that fighting spirit, FUCK things needs to change. Ive done this multiple times in my pokercareer to get better at poker.
Again end of 2012-2013 was such a period for me, i was heartbroken from a girl, i was busto degening away 100s of thousands of dollars like a maniac and i was staked with big depts.
I struggled with panic anxiety and other stuff for the first time in my life, I was gaining weight again and i was really really fucking scared for a period of time there.

What about it? Time went on, a year or so passed and I got my shit together, I realised, wtf am i doing? Am i just gonna give up? The kid that wanted to be the best in the world first in
starcraft, then in poker? Are you fucking kidding me? I started working out again, i got my pokershit together i worked in flopzilla, CREV, HEM and i worked hard again and what happened?
I started winning again (duh?!), i attained SNE and i payed back my depts. To tie this rant up, it was that fighting spirit that got me back on track. Like it has been time and time again.

Its more then okey to fail guys, but never fucking give up.

Moveing on..

Future? BJJ around the world!





Onwards to the bigger news that i wanted to blog about in the first place. Here it comes

Today i booked a one way ticket to Australia, a chain reaction from many things through my life, but lately breaking up with my gf earlier this year
due to not being ready yet. Simple as that, i wanna do these things im gonna do now before settleing down. Im sure i will come to realise in the future
that it is just settleing down, haveing kids and giveing nothing but love to your family is what life is all about and what i want to persue, but at
this point. I dont know it yet, i have to realise that first.

This is it. I hate it when people complain or come with excuses to why they arent doing something but something i hate more is when i catch myself doing it and
since im a person i assure you, it happends alot . This travel the world on my own thing is something ive had in my mind for many years now and
now its fucking time. Ive kind of felt like i wanted to become the pokerplayer first, and that all my time has to go into poker for me to achieve anything close
to that before doing this, wich is kind of a stupid mentality overall imo ”im gonna do what i want, after im done with this thing first, and then theres this other
thing after that, and then this other thing, THEN im gonna do it for sure”



My plan is to have no plan, basically. Im a pretty introverted humble person IRL, believe it or not, that rarely takes alot of space in social
situations and i want to force myself to get better at this, therefor im gonna start this quest traveling on my own for the true first time. I
also want to keep getting in better shape aswell as getting better at BJJ.

My goal is to start the ”adventure” without a laptop and to stay at hostels to really push myself to talk to random people and not fall back on the grind or internet. Im gonna train BJJ in sydney, i found some interesting gym near bondibeach wich im gonna start with. Do that for a few weeks to later meet up
with a friend whos traveling in australia atm, she asked me if i wanted to go snorkling in the great barrier reef with them in december and i figured it can be a good milestonegoal to have on my timeline.

After that i want to travel around australia for a few months and train BJJ at different gyms, buy some cheap small laptop and combine some grind with
the backpacking lifestyle.

Why blog?



Im really nervous. Ive never backpacked or traveled alone really before and its a bit scary. Im not stacked on money and i suck at PLO so my weak laazy
comfortzone half tells me that alot of things can go wrong, will they tho? Do i have much to lose? Whats the worst thing that can happen?

Im pretty sure i will learn some stuff atleast and hopefully i can add this trip to my next "brainstorming-over-past-turning-points-session"

I plan on committing to a BJJ around the world type thing and ill try to blog alot about life, traveling, BJJ and poker as i go on this adventure. Ive
been going back and fourth on blogging about it thinking in the terms of ”why do i need to make this public, am i so insecure that i want people to know
that im going for it?” and then i think, why the fuck not. It might motivate me, committ me and push me. Maybe it will keep me company at some times when
im alone for days and it can surely help me keep in contact with people at home, pokerfriends and such that will be reading my blog. Maybe i can inspire some
people as im a believer of not haveing everything figured out. My brother was almost murdered recently and me, and my family kinda realised
(wich we all know deep inside) that anything can happen, at any time. U think the variance in PLO is sick? Variance in life is even sicker and there is nothing
holding us back really from pushing it.

I do have plans, but i dont wanna plan everything to much for my future with where i wanna travel and with poker and such. Things can happen realisations can
be made and im just gonna start with the one way ticket to australia and see where that take me, with intentions of advanceing from my whitebelt status in
BJJ and to travel around alot, meet alot of people, see and experience alot of things.

Cliffs

Yolo



U all know im a rogan fan, and i know many of you are aswell.



If u read the entire thing, thanks for reading, please leave some comments/PMs with anything on your mind, insight/tips/questions what ever. let me know if
ur in australia the upcomeing months or if u have any tips on where to go or where to train BJJ etc.

Gl with everything guys <3

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Almost made my day man.
The best of luck, and just want to tell you that this blog got snapp-bookmarked.

Aaaand stay away from SvS NL pleez

Reading this really stirred up some feelings, I can relate alot to it.

"Why aren't we doing what makes us happy?"

........... I often think about this, my mind always goes blank I try to answer it. it really depresses me.

" Ive kind of felt like i wanted to become the pokerplayer first, and that all my time has to go into poker for me to achieve anything close
to that before doing this, wich is kind of a stupid mentality overall imo"

So many of us share this fearful, procrastinating mentality. I know when I think about travelling, I have fearful thoughts like.. "What if I fall behind, and unable to make money off this game anymore? What will I do then?" "What if a family member becomes unwell while I'm gone", or the worst thought "What if I feel the same way I feel now, even after accomplishing what I thought would make me feel happy?"

http://youtu.be/Yyr4QM_Q86w?t=34s

I just want to add that I think a big part of growing up is realizing what you really like doing vs what you are doing because of what other people expect of you

After 24 years, for the last year or so I've increasely gotten happier and happier.

What I've basically done is:

Have a winners mentality.

This takes time; read motivational books, podcasts, videos, etc. Some people call this new age crap, but you will find it works for most people. Believe that you are awesome while you become your version of aweosme.


Try to do more of what you like, do less of what you don't like

Lift weights, read books, be around people I like (frieneds, people I've met at the gym, my soon to be gf)

Do not neglect: have sex. make more money

Would love to exchange lifting knowledge for some poker. Just talking, msg anyone interested :D

Sweet blog!

Stay focused on your dreams, and you will continue to do great things in life~

Great blog!

I share a lot of your thoughts and lately (and this is a very new thought to me as well) that I should maybe do a trip around the world as well, on my own. I don't really have the means right now, but I might in 6 months or whatever and depending on my situation then, I might just do it.

this is pretty fckin stupid... pokers dying soon and you are taking an easy way out instead of grinding another year or two, the answer is to have balanced lifestyle, not becoming a busto hippie. taking a break for 2years is the only thing i regret in my whole life

On October 31 2014 17:17 SF wrote: Almost made my day man. The best of luck, and just want to tell you that this blog got snapp-bookmarked. Aaaand stay away from SvS NL pleez

Thx, means alot who are u on svs?

On October 31 2014 17:33 k4ir0s wrote: Reading this really stirred up some feelings, I can relate alot to it. "Why aren't we doing what makes us happy?" ........... I often think about this, my mind always goes blank I try to answer it. it really depresses me. " Ive kind of felt like i wanted to become the pokerplayer first, and that all my time has to go into poker for me to achieve anything close to that before doing this, wich is kind of a stupid mentality overall imo" So many of us share this fearful, procrastinating mentality. I know when I think about travelling, I have fearful thoughts like.. "What if I fall behind, and unable to make money off this game anymore? What will I do then?" "What if a family member becomes unwell while I'm gone", or the worst thought "What if I feel the same way I feel now, even after accomplishing what I thought would make me feel happy?"

Something ive read many times that is really starting to sink in to me i think is that everyone is fucking scared and everyone thinks everything is easier for everyone else. Wich is complete horseshit.

Its never going to stop being scary, or easy. Its all relative, theres people i know think that alot of things ive done in life is crazy and scary and "i could never have done that", or that think my success in poker comes from "wow u must be so talanted getting that good in poker, how lucky u are". No im fucking not, ive put down 90% of my life working my ass off on this rollercoaster of a "career", im a fucking dedicated person and i was obsessed and loved the game for so many years and thats why i got good.

Makeing any decisions or takeing any steps in life that is outside of your comfortzone is always going to be scary, like the quoute in the beginning of the blog, its never going to stop being scary and ive just started to realise that more and more over the years but more so im rideing this wave of realisation that u cant think ur way out of these things, the only thing that matters is actions, and actions like that is never going to be easy.

On October 31 2014 17:40 mnj wrote: http://youtu.be/Yyr4QM_Q86w?t=34s

I can def see how there can be a thin line between being courageous/naive for sure. as i dont know much else about him then what he said in the video, maybe im stupid ive watched it 2 times now and i dont have much to say about it, maybe u can help me out in why u posted it?

On October 31 2014 17:57 GoTuNk wrote: I just want to add that I think a big part of growing up is realizing what you really like doing vs what you are doing because of what other people expect of you After 24 years, for the last year or so I've increasely gotten happier and happier. What I've basically done is: Have a winners mentality. This takes time; read motivational books, podcasts, videos, etc. Some people call this new age crap, but you will find it works for most people. Believe that you are awesome while you become your version of aweosme. Try to do more of what you like, do less of what you don't like Lift weights, read books, be around people I like (frieneds, people I've met at the gym, my soon to be gf) Do not neglect: have sex. make more money Would love to exchange lifting knowledge for some poker. Just talking, msg anyone interested :D

agreed

On October 31 2014 18:22 PuertoRican wrote: Sweet blog! Stay focused on your dreams, and you will continue to do great things in life~

thx!
im a beliver

On October 31 2014 19:04 Twisted wrote: Great blog! I share a lot of your thoughts and lately (and this is a very new thought to me as well) that I should maybe do a trip around the world as well, on my own. I don't really have the means right now, but I might in 6 months or whatever and depending on my situation then, I might just do it.

Thx mate
Another thing ive learned is that its pretty hard being a person and thats fine. U dont need all the answers and ur not supposed to have them, thats why we explore and seek, probably u can find the answers right under your nose, and maybe u wont find them ever if you continiously search for things around the world, who knows.
I just feel personally that this is something i need to get off my chest, i need to prove to myself that i can do this, that i can go on my own and meet new people and see new things and train martial arts at random gyms over the globe, cuz thats what i would like to see myself doing in a dreamworld, oh i can actually do it in real life too.
Eventually tho im pretty sure i will come to realise, cuz ive already had this realisation kind of that what matters is, what people have commented on here to day: stay somewhat healthy, do things ur somewhat interested in, have love in your life and boom, u need nothing else.

The material world has never really interested me to much, when it has come to poker i kind of wanted to be the best and i liked to beat people, thats honestly it, at the core. Ive never bought anything expensive in my entire life, or lived in a fancy way, and ive sat on alot of money in some parts of my life. As an example ive never had a good car, ive for the past 5 years only owned a shitty old bike that i use to get around on. I know that money is not gonna make me happy, personally, and that i realised a long time ago, aslong as i have enough to get by ill be fine. Honestly i dont even feel to bad about grinding something else "for money" as im starting (if ever, well see what happends ) setteling down. I can easily see myself being a nurse, for example. What i want for the future is a somewhat simple life with the right perspectives, where im doing some things that i like doing and i have loveing people that i love around me.

So yea, as im getting to dogmeats comment i guess this answers some of his nonesense too.

On October 31 2014 23:15 dogmeat wrote: this is pretty fckin stupid... pokers dying soon and you are taking an easy way out instead of grinding another year or two, the answer is to have balanced lifestyle, not becoming a busto hippie. taking a break for 2years is the only thing i regret in my whole life

shocking comment comeing from you, If i wanted money and only money maybe i could agree with you and thank spagettimonster i dont.

as i mentioned in the blog i dont really believe in the "suffer now to live later" mentality, or atleast i dont want to anymore in the same extent.
For the record its not like im quitting poker yet or anything, i will just tone it down a bit from 150-200hours/month to maybe, idk 60 hours/month? We'll see what happends.

Some people say its the easy way out, some think its the complete opposite, it depends on what u want i guess

I also like to say that suffer now to live later is something ive done for some time now.

I didnt get SNE 2013 or worked hard on my pokergame cuz i really truly loved the game anymore, i lost that somewhere around those times. I worked my ass off for over a year putting pretty much all of my wakeing time last last year on poker, and got SNE to SECURE some money, so that i could pay back all of my depts by 2014. Because it fucking had to be done if i wanted to pay these people who trust me back their money. And like ive said in previous blogs, when i was done with paying back the big depts i didnt really have the same hardworking mentality anymore.

I tryed for 6 months this year to continue down the same road, and i put in 150+ hours every month, on SNE phase to "make money for myself this year" and what did i come to realise, that i fucking hate it. Thats why i quit NL, i dont wanna play 150 hours every month only to maximise profits when i dont play for anything else then money itself.

Thats why i switched to PLO, to see if i can have fun again, cuz i know that if i have fun, and get motivated i will automatically put in a ton ton ton of effort into it, cuz thats the kind of person i am, i and i think everyone has some of that in them, dedication.

The true easy way out for me would be to fucking sit at home and grind NL for another 2 years

SF = Starfit = Starfilter and since I hade some trouble with a stalker my nick is changed to Guldtass.

On November 01 2014 03:48 SF wrote: SF = Starfit = Starfilter and since I hade some trouble with a stalker my nick is changed to Guldtass.

Aha! Nice of u to stop by

Really means the world when i get comments like yours, and its something ive tryed to get better at aswell cuz i know how much it means to me when people takes time in their life to show that they enjoyed the read or think that some1 is an inspiration or anything positive/feedback related really. We, people, are kinda bad at giveing others good compliments, like real compliments not like "ohh, i like your new haircut" cuz we're forced to say that, i mean showing real kindness and stuff. Theres so many times ive thought positive things about people but never said anything cuz, i really dont know why tbh... Anyways this is turning into a rant, i think every1 got what im trying to say

best of luck to u aswell!

Happy to read this blogpost.

On November 01 2014 03:20 longple wrote: as i mentioned in the blog i dont really believe in the "suffer now to live later" mentality, or atleast i dont want to anymore in the same extent.

sure, but sne equals ~4h a day, you could pursue w/e you want while pocketing 300k a year. obv i dont know your financial situation and how you invested your money, but you certainly dont want to end up working some non-qualified job in the future. you worked hard, burnt out, started hating your life and the game and wanted a change, i understand you, i was there too, i had several panic disorder incidents, even heart arytmia, grinding x hours on crazy sleeping schedule, living alone, eating junk, ended up taking a break and now i see it as a bad decision. ... its always easier to quit than fix your bad habits, but you should be thinking more about the future imo

On November 01 2014 04:56 dogmeat wrote: Show nested quote + On November 01 2014 03:20 longple wrote: as i mentioned in the blog i dont really believe in the "suffer now to live later" mentality, or atleast i dont want to anymore in the same extent. i had several panic disorder incidents, even heart arytmia, grinding x hours on crazy sleeping schedule, living alone, eating junk, ended up taking a break and now i see it as a bad decision. ... its always easier to quit than fix your bad habits, but you should be thinking more about the future imo

whoa.. im sure your advice is well meaning but this is just about the least convincing argument i've ever seen for sacrificing today for tomorrow

i hear what ur saying dogmeat, and ive gone over this many times in my head. I just dont agree, for me its not worth it at this point, since alot of money isnt what i want in the end. I think im fine adjusting to what ever "fate" i will have regarding money and makeing money. Also, atleast for me, its not really that simple to just sit down and just play for 4 hours and make 300k a year at this game really.

Not that it matters but

enjoyed the post longple, you come across as a great and v likeable guy and im genuinely hoping you find the things you're looking for.

your attitude to money and happiness is extremely good and admirable, and not needing a high expense lifestyle to be happy is going to be incredible for your future prospects. You seem to have the important things figured out pretty well and have the balls to follow through. obv it would be ideal if you had managed to save a bit more money from the best days of poker, since that makes things much easier. however i doubt this is going to weigh on your chances of getting the most out of life / lasting happiness etc. i also agree that money and happiness have a seriously nonlinear relation and grinding a high hourly now is def not better than having a much lower hourly later in life if the thing you're doing later is making you more happy than grinding hard is now.

actually we met a few months ago but just in a casual setting with a big group of people. at the time you came across as a slightly introverted guy who's not quite satisfied with life and semi-thinking of ways to solve that - something that describes 23489235 guys i've met from poker and was me for years as well. in this setting in a first meeting we're not exactly going to get into these kinds of deep conversations, but it's great you share these thoughts on here. looks like you're taking the leap and going allin. that nervousness you're feeling now is exactly the awesome feeling that makes life worth living, and the next couple years of ur life are likely going to be some of ur most memorable ones.

best of luck mate

On October 31 2014 23:15 dogmeat wrote: this is pretty fckin stupid... pokers dying soon and you are taking an easy way out instead of grinding another year or two, the answer is to have balanced lifestyle, not becoming a busto hippie. taking a break for 2years is the only thing i regret in my whole life

lol as if poker was the only thing that can get you a decent amount of money, you look so miserable

Will reread your blog post again after.. but you mentioned snorkeling... I moved to the St Maarten earlier this year, and I bought a spear-gun and a Hawaiian sling.. I recommend it... its good fun as snorkeling on its own is gets boring, now I catch my own fish 2-3 times a week and get some decent exercise in while improving on a hobby I enjoy.... last time I went I caught 3 fish and a conch (sea snail)...was good eating and better fun.

awesome blog, was kind of surprised how much i seem to have in common with your life.

Another thing that has led me to success many times is hitting rock bottom, feeling fucking miserable over a broken heart, overweight, just being busto at poker etc, and finding that fighting spirit, FUCK things needs to change.

i'm still trying to figure out how to deal with this cycle in a healthy and productive way. anytime i've ever accomplished anything difficult or that i was proud of has always come from feeling deeply unhappy about something. maybe a year ago i was probably at my peak happiness, everything from health to friendships to girls was better than i ever imagined it would be. but since then i've been gradually regressing in some ways because i got too comfortable.

idk, there has to be a more zen way to deal with it T_T