I finished last week with a positive in the poker column and a positive in the stock market column. But I also finished the week with a negative in the job-hunt column and a negative in the fitness column.

I know my biggest leak is that I am not patient enough and that I stay in unprofitable hands too long. I am slowly adjusting to that. I must keep in mind not to play drawing hands with only one opponent, it is usually not worth it. After starting off the week cold, I ran hot on Saturday morning making back the money I had donked off earlier in the week. I still find that Saturday and Sunday mornings work best for me as 1 I am well rested 2 most other players are not. The only problem with this is that this is the time that I would like to spend on my bike. Maybe I should compromise and play online Saturday and bike on Sunday.

In the market, I bought some Merck options after the had two unfavorable decisions returned on the Vioxx cases. They have made me some money already plus some of my other investments had nice runs last week. I had good returns, but I still think I need to spend more time on investing.

I missed the gym for most of the week. This can be attributed to the fact that I lost money early in the week at poker and was attempting to make it back so I could have a positive week. While I accomplished that goal, I missed fitness. I obviously have mixed priorities. I must shift focus away from short-term goals and towards long-term goals. I did manage a bike ride on Saturday afternoon, which was cool.

I did not make any forward progress towards my job hunt. It is as simple as that.

The main problem is that my priorities are out of whack. I must start acting in quadrant 1 activities