Thanks very much deja vu, Danny, LadyC and T-Bird and congrats also to Neurosleep.
This win was special for me in a psychological way, for as I was sharing with a friend, the difference between consistently winning versus occasionally winning in our game is more about self-psychology than about actual prediction. Yes, I made ten times my money, so of course that's important but the way I made it is more important to me because it means that if I did it this time, I can do it many more times!
So from a self-regulation perspective, let's take a look at what I did to win. First, I carefully did my homework. Even though we often feel that TLC is rigging the ball machines, most of the time there is probably no rigging going on and those are the times when those of us who do our homework can make money in the random environment. Of course when TLC rigging is going on and the environment becomes non-random, then that's another story and we have to rely on our street smarts.
As those of you know, being a former teacher, doing my homework comes naturally to me, so that wasn't the difference for me. The difference came in what I did next. From my conversations in the store and here on our thread, I know that I'm not alone in struggling with our 4 TX draws. Yes, it's an advantage for us to have 4 draws, so supposedly our predicted numbers should come in more quickly than in the two-draw states. But for those of us who are data-oriented trackers, the sheer volume of what we have to track can quickly become overwhelming. That's why we owe a debt of gratitude to those posters like Danny who are regularly sharing their updated charts for us after each draw.
After doing my homework and coming up with a manageable set of numbers (24),I set a goal to accomplish a straight hit) within a given time-frame and budget. I posted this and shared it with the thread to hold myself accountable for my losses. Then I simply put in my numbers and wait! That's it. No magic - just the facts and some self-pep talks to reinforce my sense of confidence in what I was doing.
Well, that's it for my set, though I will keep it in for the remainder of the day's draws since I've already put them in. b Because I've already hit, the set needs to be updated. But we all know that the trend often is your friend so let's hope our 58 combo hits a few more times today!
GL