Ask yourself how are you going to start treating poker as a career firsthand. Sit down think this shit out for real, how many hours can you commit to playing per day, how many hours per month must be reached, anything over this amount is considered overtime and can be used to take days off an so on. Stop thinking in terms of how much am I down or how much I'm ahead instead, think by how much volume/hours you put in and once you hit your mark clock out for the day enjoy life, poker is a marathon not a sprint you will burn out and go insane if you treat it as such. I treat this game as a part time job I put 2 hours a day in and stud 1 hour for every 4 hours I play so, hope this helps someone.