interesting article about why adult chess players fail to improve. I'm sure quite transferable to go players as well.
http://www.thechessworld.com/learn-ches ... e-at-chess

Holy crap, almost all of those apply to me! Especially the late game collapses due to mental stamina. What a painful article.

I will focus on visualization and physical fitness first. That should give me the confidence to overcome most of the others.

In all honesty, the fitness part is mostly for other reasons, like wanting to be able to enjoy life in my 50's, 60's, 70's, and beyond. But if it helps my go, all the better.

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At a certain point, 2 hours a day becomes the most significant part. Motivation to get two hours is one issue, but at a certain point it's about whether it's even a possibility.

As my life stands, 2 hours a day is just barely possible if go is my absolute #1 priority short of neglecting my wife/kids. To get 2 hours a day, I'd have to spend my entire lunch break studying, and use the weekends to make up for the days I don't make 2 hours during the week.

Things would be different if I didn't need to average 8 hours of sleep, or if my kids and I didn't each take > 30 minutes to fall asleep.

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