Labels: X-gamble
Few days ago I'm wondering on when can I actually quit gambling. As of 31st Jan, I'm still facing a $180 deficit. With my usual $50 bets, it will take 4 consecutive wins for me to win back my capital to quit gambling.
Things often happen when you least expect it. It's quite true in this case. Never would I have expected that I will win 5 consecutive games on 2nd and 3rd Feb. On this 2 days, I actually turned the $180 deficit to a $50 win. However, just before I bet yesterday, I told myself if I won both matches last night, I'll donate $40 to the World Vision Rice Program. I believe that's the reason that I can produce this little miracle. In that case I'll proceed with the $40 donation this Wednesday, and with that I'll still have $10 profit for me to spend.
Money's not the real point for X-gamble. As my bets are relatively small, winning or losing doesn't make too much difference for me. What I'm more concerned about is my concentration and the time. Usually at this timing I'll be at the Gamebookers website, deciding which match to play, 'wasting' up to 1-2 hrs of my time each day. Now, I felt that I've more time to do my own stuff. Just tonight, after having dinner and reaching home at 8+, I've settled my Nomadic Tech stuff, watched Asean cup and Project Superstars and now do the blogging. I have not had this feeling that my time is fully utilised for quite some time and this feeling is just great.
For those gamblers out there, hope you can follow in my footstep to take a break and realise how life without gambling is. The temptation is there and I understand myself that some time it's just hard to resist the 'free money' out there. When you have time, divide the the profit you have by the time you spend on studying match, if you are fortunate you can still earn on average a few cents per hour. Is it really worth it? Time to ponder on it.
