My performance in the last 3 tournaments has jumped me up from 5k to 3k (-5.3 to -3.8 I think). I’m feeling a bit daunted at the notion of playing as a 3k in the next tournament this coming Saturday. But challenging oneself is how one gets stronger.

Given that I’ve been weak about getting online, I attribute most of my progress lately to tsume go and tesuji problems every day.