How do u plan your poker?

Some random thoughts: I'm also in college and use poker as my "part time job." Going to school full time makes it sorta hard to play but I get anywhere from 8-20 hours in a week and playing low limits has me usually bringing home a little over 150 dollars a week. I cash out every week (except when I have crappy weeks) for 100 dollars which I put towards bills. Over Christmas break I plan on playing quite a bit in my 5 off weeks both live and online shooting for close to 30 hours a week and seeing how I do.

For planning poker I have a friend who plays full time and is successful at it. He has a college degree but makes more playing poker and he loves it so he has been just playing for almost a year now. He's not rich by any means and you probably won't see him on TV anytime soon, but he does play full time and make money which is more than a lot of people can say.

He logs his poker hours every day, keeps track of his time played and starting and ending pay. He has over 6 filled notebooks and then he puts these in folders by month so he can see how he did in the month of October. One thing I believe he has added to really take the "edge" off playing online full time is he has added live games to his time. He goes to the nearby brick and mortar and gets some hours in and he just got in a fairly high stakes cash game with some buddies. I think it is hard to overlook how different playing live "feels" than playin online. I'm a very social person and I love the atmosphere of playing live and it truly feels different than playing online but your still "playing poker." I think mixing in live play with his usual online regiment has helped keep my friends passion varied and increased his knowledge and skill. I know it has for me!