Monday, January 12, 2009

I Got Caught Speeding

First of all let me report that I have played a game every day for the past five days.

Yesterday it was past 6:00 PM and I had not played my game for the day.  I was really tired from lack of sleep the night before due to a bad case of "go head", and didn't feel like playing at all.   I considered playing two games the next day to make up for it, but I thought that I should play anyway because one game a day is not that big a deal.  If I can't keep that small a commitment, then what kind of a go player am I?   Can I say I am studying with any seriousness if I can't play a game a day?   

I put up a game in the EGR and was hoping to play slowly, but got sucked into a fast pace again as I have so many times in the past.  I guess part of the problem was that I really wanted the game to be done so I could say I had played it.    I ended up resigning after failing to kill some stones that had invaded my center.   I squeezed them first, and it was looking promising.   A friend messaged me afterward and reminded me to slow down in the future.   He pointed out that I had played 40 stones in two minutes at one point during the game.

I got caught speeding.... "But officer, I had no idea I was going that fast."  

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Well, don't let it happen again ^^

Kudos to you for playing every day! You have inspired me to try to do the same, in which I have failed quite spectacularly so far :) But hey, at least I am aware of the failure, which is a start, right?

Nanny

Terri said...

When I am tempted to play quickly I will think, "Nanny said don't do it". I really have to get better at slowing down. Good luck on your plan to play every day.