I lost my general sense of money's value.
For example.. $100 holds very little value to me. If I went to a casino and walked away up $100, it's the same as even. I generally need to walk away up "a new tv" to feel it. $500 bucks feels good. Anything less seems like a waste of my time.
$100 used to mean something to me. Not anymore
For example.. $100 holds very little value to me. If I went to a casino and walked away up $100, it's the same as even. I generally need to walk away up "a new tv" to feel it. $500 bucks feels good. Anything less seems like a waste of my time.
$100 used to mean something to me. Not anymore
Betting on sports has been a 11 year journey that has had many highs and many lows. I've found out things about myself that I didn't know were true. Ultimately, it's been great training ground mentally to venture out into other markets of speculation. I think it's a good 5 year learning curve at least to learn about finding an edge and betting with discipline. I sure wouldn't advise anyone to ever start speculating in any form, but for me it's something I've always had a passion for. Betting has made me be much less of a fan and much more in tune with the reality that fans are suckers. Your team wins the title and it means nothing in 5 minutes. Your team loses and you are sad for much longer. Who cares about any of it? It's all about money, or just enjoying the game. Either way, you have to forget about wins and losses immediately afterwards, and it takes a long time to be able to do this. I love speculation of all kinds and wouldn't want to live my life any other way. But it's not for most people.
I'm visiting some friends/family in Phoenix this weekend. Yesterday, I couldn't understand that the people we were staying with didnt get every game. I needed to watch the Indy/Seattle game and no one understood why. So I took a friend to the sports bar while everyone else stayed at the house and watched NE/cincy. So yeah, gambling has made me an asshole.
