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In terms of poker, and online cash games specifically, I've come up with 2 targets:
1) $60k won during Q1.
I've decided to try thinking in quarters instead of months to encourage a longer term view and prevent myself losing motivation after I have made a reasonable amount each month. I'm not making a plan for Q2-4 because they will depend on the previous quarter's results.
2) No playing lower than $4/$8
I'm naturally financially conservative and have found that I tend to regress to $3/$6 and a moderate wage with lower variance, after that $4/$8 starts looking quite big and I forget I've been beating $5/$10 and regress a month in progress. I have the bankroll for 5/10 and to start 10/20, and no reason to think it won't work out, so I have banned myself from the smaller tables in an effort to keep my $/hour up.
That's it!
Some might think $60k is low for 3 months of $5/$10, but I'd only like to have to play 20k hands per month so its still a demanding 10bbs/100 required. Ill probably play nearer 30k hands in months that don't go as well, so realistically its 60-90k hands at 7-10bbs/100.
Other goals -
Tidy my 'office' & get fancier chair and better desk: Since I spend plenty of time here it ought to organised, and a good chair will be healthier since I'm often sat in it.
Get fitter - I've signed up for that private health insurance that discounts the premiums and gym membership if you go regularly and meet other targets. I'm a sucker for arbitrary numerical targets so hopefully that scheme along with the incentive of 'winning' a ~£50/month discount will keep my on track. I went for the first time last night with quite shocking results - my squat technique struggled with only 30kg on tha bar. Hopefully its just a case of getting back into it and remembering the movements. I'm also going to try to go some of the classes, particularly any that will help me get more flexible since I'm terrible at sorting that out myself.
Here is a "before" picture of my 'office' - hopefully posting this pic will motivate me to sort it out so that I can post the "after" photo:

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