I never have time to play :(

So I finally made the leap and landed that 9 - 5 I was most definitely dreading for so long. Coming off some of my most profitable months of poker (July-September I was up close to 10K) it is now killing me not having the time I was use to having to play. The job was something I had to do given the opportunity, location, my age, and the fact that I've had this degree for 2 years now and really haven't utilized it until now. I'm not going to lie, I like having that stable income and being able to save money, but not being able to play poker as much sucks.

I get off work and get home around 6 every night, missing the early $10 rebuy and the late $5 rebuy. I've lately been stuck in this rut where all I can play is the PCA steps because that all I have time for. It seems like whenever I get home I'm either so tired or not able to get wrapped up in a tourney due to time restrictions, that I'm reduced to playing whatever is available.

I am just now getting settled into the routine that is the 9 - 5, and are now working on plans to get poker back into my life. I mean I have a little over 3K on one site and can't really do anything with it. Some thoughts that have crossed my mind are....

1. Take a few shots at higher buy-in tourneys....i.e. the $162, $22+, and $109 on some of the sites for starters.

2. Maybe try my hand at a session or two of $3/$6 NL or maybe even $5/$10 NL. That shit scares me a lot but I know I am capable of having a winning session there if I put my mind to it.

3. Focusing more on the big tourneys of the week like the Tues. 1K and the weekend majors. If I use my time wisely during the week and satellite into few, you never know what could happen.

This is something I have just been pondering and something I think I am going to try for the next month or two. I just can't have those 10-12 hour sessions where I play 10+ tourneys or 8 table .50/$1 getting in 3K hands a day. I miss those sessions but they just aren't realistic anymore. Well thats about all I have from here but I'll have updates periodically to let you know how things are going.