1 year without Poker

[EvilPie]

So much truth in that statement. The period from around 18-28 in men is just a complete shambles. If I could go back with the knowledge I have now there is almost nothing I would do the same. But hey, that's living and how you get the wisdom in the first place.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/elderhealth/8720182/Wisdom-comes-with-age-study-shows.html

It does make me laugh all these poker pros making all these soul searching blog posts at the moment about finding happiness (and no I'm not talking about Cambridge Alex!) It's not a unique problem to being a poker pro guys. It's called being in your twenties!!

Absolutely spot on. I made plenty of mistakes when I was younger but I don't regret a single one of them.

What you do during those early manhood years is what develops you in to the man you'll finally be.

[AlunB]

So much truth in that statement. The period from around 18-28 in men is just a complete shambles. If I could go back with the knowledge I have now there is almost nothing I would do the same. But hey, that's living and how you get the wisdom in the first place.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/elderhealth/8720182/Wisdom-comes-with-age-study-shows.html

It does make me laugh all these poker pros making all these soul searching blog posts at the moment about finding happiness (and no I'm not talking about Cambridge Alex!) It's not a unique problem to being a poker pro guys. It's called being in your twenties!!

Absolutely spot on. I made plenty of mistakes when I was younger but I don't regret a single one of them.

What you do during those early manhood years is what develops you in to the man you'll finally be.

Really? I regret an absolute ton of things (from mundane stuff like not working harder at uni, to more personal stuff). I don't dwell on it though and use it to move forward. So I guess we're coming at it the same way from different angles.

[EvilPie]

So much truth in that statement. The period from around 18-28 in men is just a complete shambles. If I could go back with the knowledge I have now there is almost nothing I would do the same. But hey, that's living and how you get the wisdom in the first place.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/elderhealth/8720182/Wisdom-comes-with-age-study-shows.html

It does make me laugh all these poker pros making all these soul searching blog posts at the moment about finding happiness (and no I'm not talking about Cambridge Alex!) It's not a unique problem to being a poker pro guys. It's called being in your twenties!!

Absolutely spot on. I made plenty of mistakes when I was younger but I don't regret a single one of them.

What you do during those early manhood years is what develops you in to the man you'll finally be.

Really? I regret an absolute ton of things (from mundane stuff like not working harder at uni, to more personal stuff). I don't dwell on it though and use it to move forward. So I guess we're coming at it the same way from different angles.

The way I see it that everything I've done in my life whether it be good or bad has lead me to where I am today.

Today I'm as happy as I could possibly be so why change anything that got me here?

[millidonk]

So much truth in that statement. The period from around 18-28 in men is just a complete shambles. If I could go back with the knowledge I have now there is almost nothing I would do the same. But hey, that's living and how you get the wisdom in the first place.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/elderhealth/8720182/Wisdom-comes-with-age-study-shows.html

It does make me laugh all these poker pros making all these soul searching blog posts at the moment about finding happiness (and no I'm not talking about Cambridge Alex!) It's not a unique problem to being a poker pro guys. It's called being in your twenties!!

Absolutely spot on. I made plenty of mistakes when I was younger but I don't regret a single one of them.

What you do during those early manhood years is what develops you in to the man you'll finally be.

Really? I regret an absolute ton of things (from mundane stuff like not working harder at uni, to more personal stuff). I don't dwell on it though and use it to move forward. So I guess we're coming at it the same way from different angles.

The way I see it that everything I've done in my life whether it be good or bad has lead me to where I am today.

Today I'm as happy as I could possibly be so why change anything that got me here?

I didn't think this would be true for anyone?

Surely own family, more money, wife, different wife, better health, more hair are the types of things that would make everyone happier?

[EvilPie]

So much truth in that statement. The period from around 18-28 in men is just a complete shambles. If I could go back with the knowledge I have now there is almost nothing I would do the same. But hey, that's living and how you get the wisdom in the first place.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/elderhealth/8720182/Wisdom-comes-with-age-study-shows.html

It does make me laugh all these poker pros making all these soul searching blog posts at the moment about finding happiness (and no I'm not talking about Cambridge Alex!) It's not a unique problem to being a poker pro guys. It's called being in your twenties!!

Absolutely spot on. I made plenty of mistakes when I was younger but I don't regret a single one of them.

What you do during those early manhood years is what develops you in to the man you'll finally be.

Really? I regret an absolute ton of things (from mundane stuff like not working harder at uni, to more personal stuff). I don't dwell on it though and use it to move forward. So I guess we're coming at it the same way from different angles.

The way I see it that everything I've done in my life whether it be good or bad has lead me to where I am today.

Today I'm as happy as I could possibly be so why change anything that got me here?

I didn't think this would be true for anyone?

Surely own family, more money, wife, different wife, better health, more hair are the types of things that would make everyone happier?

Well maybe I could be in the Maldives with a £250M yacht and 30 playboy bunnies but I guess on the flip side I could also be dead.

Maybe I should've said that I'm perfectly content with how my life turned out so I'll settle for what I've got?

[millidonk]

So much truth in that statement. The period from around 18-28 in men is just a complete shambles. If I could go back with the knowledge I have now there is almost nothing I would do the same. But hey, that's living and how you get the wisdom in the first place.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/elderhealth/8720182/Wisdom-comes-with-age-study-shows.html

It does make me laugh all these poker pros making all these soul searching blog posts at the moment about finding happiness (and no I'm not talking about Cambridge Alex!) It's not a unique problem to being a poker pro guys. It's called being in your twenties!!

Absolutely spot on. I made plenty of mistakes when I was younger but I don't regret a single one of them.

What you do during those early manhood years is what develops you in to the man you'll finally be.

Really? I regret an absolute ton of things (from mundane stuff like not working harder at uni, to more personal stuff). I don't dwell on it though and use it to move forward. So I guess we're coming at it the same way from different angles.

The way I see it that everything I've done in my life whether it be good or bad has lead me to where I am today.

Today I'm as happy as I could possibly be so why change anything that got me here?

I didn't think this would be true for anyone?

Surely own family, more money, wife, different wife, better health, more hair are the types of things that would make everyone happier?

Well maybe I could be in the Maldives with a £250M yacht and 30 playboy bunnies but I guess on the flip side I could also be dead.

Maybe I should've said that I'm perfectly content with how my life turned out so I'll settle for what I've got?

Yea perfectly content I very much agree with.

[parker]

The morale of the story is "when you are 21 you know NOTHING about ANYTHING...so if your dad tells you to at least get full coverage insurance... do it".

Your OP is very impressive but this sentence is by far the most sensible thing you've written.

If a few others on here can heed this advice you'll have done your bit to help.

i think this sentence is extremely ignorant as a general statement. a personal one maybe but i dont think it has any real depth.

im the last person to claim that i know anything about the world but that doesnt mean when i was 21 i knew nothing.

age is a number not a category of wisdom.

stereotypes are probably to blame, but for every 21 year old that knows nothing about anything i can show a 28+ that thinks they know everything about anything.

[AlunB]

Obviously in real terms you know a great deal about a great number of things at 21. I think it could be more accurately stated as in relative terms to the wisdom you have later in life, at 21 you know nothing about anything.

It certainly rings true for me. And I would hazard a guess it does for most people over 30.

I love the idea that 28 is old btw.

[parker]

So much truth in that statement. The period from around 18-28 in men is just a complete shambles. If I could go back with the knowledge I have now there is almost nothing I would do the same. But hey, that's living and how you get the wisdom in the first place.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/elderhealth/8720182/Wisdom-comes-with-age-study-shows.html

It does make me laugh all these poker pros making all these soul searching blog posts at the moment about finding happiness (and no I'm not talking about Cambridge Alex!) It's not a unique problem to being a poker pro guys. It's called being in your twenties!!

[AlunB]

I think you're getting a bit confused.

You're not comparing like for like here. This is all individual.

Obviously some people are arrogant, brainless idiots at 30, 40, 50 etc. But I bet they were worse at 21.

[parker]

i am comparing like for like

that is exactly my point haha

[AlunB]

You've lost me.

[parker]

is now a good time to make a stereotype about older people losing the plot? 

[AlunB]

Knock yourself out. Us elderly folk rise above it 

For me personally you've just stopped making sense. And I can't be bothered trying to read between the lines of an intentionally obtuse statement.

[EvilPie]

The morale of the story is "when you are 21 you know NOTHING about ANYTHING...so if your dad tells you to at least get full coverage insurance... do it".

Your OP is very impressive but this sentence is by far the most sensible thing you've written.

If a few others on here can heed this advice you'll have done your bit to help.

i think this sentence is extremely ignorant as a general statement. a personal one maybe but i dont think it has any real depth.

im the last person to claim that i know anything about the world but that doesnt mean when i was 21 i knew nothing.

age is a number not a category of wisdom.

stereotypes are probably to blame, but for every 21 year old that knows nothing about anything i can show a 28+ that thinks they know everything about anything.

Well I'm 37 and I know I'm still learning. I still make mistakes and I learn from them every day.

I've been making mistakes for a long time and I like to think I've learned from them all. Some have taken a long time to get hammered home as I've not learnt properly the first time. Some I haven't properly learnt yet and doubt I ever will.

In comparison to what I know now I knew nothing when I was 21.

This doesn't mean that as a 37 year old I know more than every 21 year old. For example I wouldn't go lecturing Alex Goulder on what to do when he's travelling in Colombia. I know nothing about travelling so to lecture him would be very arrogant. I might offer a few words of caution because I appreciate the way things in general can go wrong a little more but other than that I'd stfu.

When Alex gets to my age though I'm sure he'll look back and realise how he could've done things differently. He won't necessarily regret anything but he'll know that what he learnt whilst there has improved him as a person and increased his knowledge so that as an older man he'd do things differently. He might even offer advice to a few 21 year olds who are thinking of doing the same thing. He'll even say things like "Jeez when I was 21 I knew nothing about travelling. It was brilliant but if I knew what I know now I'd do things so differently".

Trust me when you're young you don't think you'll ever say these things. As you get older though you realise that you do. It just happens.