Renter to Real Estate; To Midstakes and Beyond [PLO]

Intro:
I am on a journey. This journey has a fixed beginning and a clear ending. There are checkpoints at which point I can measure my progress to be ahead of or behind my expectations. Whatever my progress, it is what it is. Personal acceptance & inner peace are critical for success, especially for an endeavor as swingy as PLO. The iteration of reality we find ourselves hurtling down can't be changed by our reactions to it or because of our personal preferences, rather we have to accept it for how it is and do our best given the circumstances.

"I follow cheerfully; and, did I not,
Wicked and wretched, I must follow still
Whoever yields properly to Fate, is deemed
Wise among men, and knows the laws of heaven."
Euripides

Goals:
August 2018: 2/5 zoom with $100k+
End of 2018: 10/20 PLO reg
End of 2019: 25/50 PLO reg
End of 2020: I want to be phasing out of poker with ~800k USD.

These goals are aggressive. The games are always getting tougher. But I will rise to the top. I have honed every aspect of my game and it will be obvious in this thread as it develops. I named myself BERRI SOUR so that when I am sitting across from BERRI SWEET he will know our battling will have been premeditated.

For now I will continue at the bottom of midstakes until my grind begins full time in January. At which point I will battle my way until I am comfortably settled in to 2/5 zoom on Stars at which point the objective will be to crank out 1.5k in EV each day from cash and fire off the major plo mtts.

For a life after poker, I see myself investing in rental apartments to generate passive income and enable the next segment of my life -- business and family. I recognize that poker is a net negative on society so I have some catching up to do in the next stages of my life. Thankfully my poker journey will be concluded within a few years and I will have the tools- time and money- to enact the change I want to see on the people around me that I care about and the causes I find worthwhile.

When the grind becomes difficult, when the downswing seems like it cannot possibly continue, when you want to give up out of frustration, remember that my quality of life is a dream and the challenges I face are nothing compared to my ancestors. In their words:
“Through chances various, through all vicissitudes, we make our way …. “ --Aeneid