BEAT: Work

[melioris]

this is awesome, I love shit like this, windows into people's lives. Thanks for the post.

You are around 25, single- in that you are not engaged, and have a BA in something irrelevant, right? Work sucks, but it is steady and offers some future intangibles (learning a business, exposure to people and random professional opportunities, opportunity to meet random women, etc). I don't see why would you want to change anything right now. Playing poker for real (I don't mean stakes but as your primary or only source of income) has got to physiologically HUGE and if there isn't a very compelling reason why put that much stress on yourself?

What are your future goals? I suggest making a list and prioritizing. Don't do it here, as my voyeur tendencies only run so deep before it gets yucky, but if you are thinking about making the leap do it for yourself. As a working stiff who moonlights as a card shark, you pretty much are as close as possible to getting your cake and eating it. Sure you aren't making the salary you would like, but really who the hell is? And ultimately, the cliches got it right about money and happiness.

I guess I don't really see the problem with your current setup. Giving up one or the other seems like you are unnecessarily limiting yourself at this point. Although you are working 40-50 hrs a week, the sad truth is that comparatively your job is not a killer and your compensation isn't terrible.