Just 10% of my roll

For whatever reason I had a session earlier today where I just tore through about $20 of my roll. Whatever hesitations I had about playing at nickel stakes have dissipated. I think I've passed straight through "healthy disregard for money" and dove into "utter disregard for money" and that's a problem. The spew was mostly just being sloppy. I did have a couple suck outs but that is only a few bucks worth. I knew it at the time too but I was just trying to play through it when I should have taken a break. I'm not worried about the amount of the dip, I'll get it back easily enough. What does concern me is the fact that I didn't put on the brakes when I knew things were getting out of control.

The good news is that after my sweat session with Jason I've opened up my game more. My pre-flop hand selection was way too tight and I'm seeing more flops now. I'm also being more aggressive pre-flop and stealing more from the button. All of these adjustments have contributed to better play so even though I don't always bring my best game, my best game is better than it used to be. I guess the down side is that playing more wide open when I'm playing poorly means my chips go away faster. It's a double edged sword but I'm going to need that sword going forward and will just need to minimize the negative effects.