I've read the Vegas tips found on this blog.  I'm gonna play 1-2 nl holdem for most of the time, and work my way up to 5-10 if I feel like I have good enough control.  Anything I should especially check out this time of year? anything to avoid?

This post is inspired by and a response to Tynan's Creators and Assemblers article:

For a long time I thought creating came from construction - the physical application of materials to form an object of value.  I thought that in order for me to consider myself a creative individual, I would have to learn carpentry, electronics, coding…  Because the way I saw it, there’s only three careers a person can have. 

First is to perform a service.  Like a lawyer who shares his legal advice, or a dentist who cleans teeth.  It takes a long time to develop the skills to become professional, and I don’t have time to look that far in advance.  So this leaves only two options: building a product, or to buy and resell products. 

Buying and reselling is a great way to make money.  Resellers find things low in price and people willing to pay a higher price.  Basically, he is the connection between the buyer and the seller.  I wouldn’t mind doing this - its a legitimate way to make money, but I can’t shake the thought that the buyers and sellers don’t actually need middlemen if they can find each other. 

I know that I want to identify myself as a creator.

I decided to quit sugar when I learned that it was the main reason for my acne.  First I experimented with quitting sugar for a week to see if acne would clear, it did.   I have tried limiting my sugar intake before by not buying any sugar products and only eating sugar if it was offered to me for free, but this quickly fell apart because I would be simply too addicted.  So using clear skin as my main motivator and concentrating on that, I decided just to quit once and for all. I thought about my highschool english teacher who was allergic to sugar.  I thought about how back then I felt bad for him, but now I wish i was allergic to sugar.  Thats when I had my brilliant idea: why can't I be allergic to sugar.  From that thought on, whenever I came across a situation where I was offered sugar, I would tell them that I was allergic to sugar.  Since these situations came often I pretty much told everyone I was allergic to sugar and couldn't back out without getting caught and looking like liar.  It worked.  I quit completely and started telling the truth instead: "I was telling people i was allergic in order to quit sugar".  My friends found it humorous that I took such extremes to quit and was shocked that I wanted to.  I no longer needed to lie to them and telling them what I was doing had the same motivational effect as telling them I was allergic since I was already a month in.

A few tips and pointers:

I've found that a good substitute for dessert is an Americano (no sugar added) with a little bit of milk.  The milk helps the bitterness of coffee.  But now I just drink it black and it tastes good. Also, Tim Ferris talks about a method where he binges and then downs a cup of coffee after.  Apparently coffee somehow mitigates bad food.   I have tried it after a sugar binge and found that I did not gain acne the next day.  

Also, think about how much money you save by not eating sugary snacks.  Allow yourself to buy good food from nice restaurants whenever you want from that saved money.  Tell yourself, I can eat gourmet meals now because I don't eat sugar.  

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One thing that's been on my mind for the longest time was how to have great experiences.  Basically, there are two ways to have great experiences.  Either you plan what you want to experience, and ways of achieving that experience, or you say yes to opportunities for experiences that come your way. 

One thing that's been on my mind for the longest time was how to have great experiences.  There are two ways to have great experiences.  Either you plan what you want to experience, and ways of achieving that experience, or you say yes to opportunities for experiences that come your way. 

My problem was I thought of these two methods as separate.  I thought you either do one or the other.  Take for example travel.  If I completely plan my trip: where i will stay, what i will see/do; I may miss out on great opportunities to explore.  Yet, if I leave my schedule too open for opportunities, opportunities may never come your way, and I just might end up with no place to sleep.  More importantly, this problem arises when thinking about my career.  If I completely plan my career path lets say marketing consultant, then I may miss out on opportunities to be a manager, designer, sales representative, accountant, engineer, firefighter...you get the idea.  But if I don't plan my life, I probably won't even make it being a marketing intern, I might just pick a job that seems comfortable work there for life. 

I've concluded that these two methods however, don't have to be separate.  In Life Nomadic, Tynan writes that planning is essential for your trip, but you should be ready to ditch those plans at any moment.  This is the same in life, planning should be meticulously done, but always ready to be thrown away and re-planned.