Mental Capital

 So I didn't write in my journal (here) yesterday and I feel pretty ok about it. But I don't want to start a chain of not doing it, so I won't let one missed day turn into a two and start a streak of missed days. I was also thinking about how it might be good that I had a pretty relaxed day yesterday and didn't do much. I did attend a weekly week review of trading in the morning and that is about all I did that had to do with trading. Ok, I guess that's not true because I sat and read for quite a while and I happen to be reading a trading book (or re-reading). I like reading trading books over the weekend because they tend to get me or keep me motivated and excited about trading - it's like having an encouragement psychologist at hand whenever I want. What's interesting is that most of the books say, trading is hard and the vast majority fail and so on and so forth but somehow this motivates me and makes me think that I must be doing ok if I'm still in the game.  I guess I should hint on the title of the journal entry - mental capital. One of the things that I think is good about having skipped a day yesterday in looking at charts and journaling etc. is that I have been using a lot of mental capital and focus (maybe they're interchangeable to some extent) in the past few weeks and it is limited. I hope and think that by having had skipped a day in some of my activities I will be a bit more refreshed than usual for the coming week. It's almost like a cheat day in a diet. By having skipped doing some stuff, I will be ready to continue on the grind with a little more oomph (umf? oomf?). So I feel pretty good today and I'm looking forward to this week. I was also able to prepare food for the family, head out and about with my wife, play a boardgame and some video games with the fam, watch a movie, and make some laughs. Maybe I do some of this stuff anyway even when I make the time for all of my work stuff, but I was in their moments just that much more yesterday and I think that is good. Balance is a battle, but it is one that needs to be won. Cheers!