New Buy:(THOR)... and a Confession

I have to admit I purchased and stopped out on a stock last week: (EBS). It's a great stock I had no business buying. It was nowhere near a buy point and I basically just took a stab at it, stopping out the very next day. I didn't post about it because I was so disappointed in myself - but of course that's not the right way to handle a mistake. Instead I'll post it here and use it to remind myself not to be such a dope next time.

I do see a real change in the market the past week and think we could have a tradeable rally here. Suddenly the market is acting well, shrugging off bad news and powering higher.

My problem is that work has me so busy right now I probably don't have the time, attention, and emotional fortitude to be in the market. I've had 4 days off in the past 5 weeks, and I'm exhausted. It's taken a toll on myself and my family. I'm doing what I can to change the situation and believe I'll be in a different organization early next year, but for now life is very chaotic. This is not the ideal scenario for investing.

It's hard enough for me to keep a level head under normal circumstances, now I find emotions dominating my investing actions. I have a nice watchlist but I was plagued by doubt and missed the buy point on (ACM) while I purchased (THOR) at $29.68 only to see it close slightly below the $29.60 buy point at the end of the day.

Sticking with the theme that the system is where my success will come from, not some grand stroke of genius on my part, I'm going to have to find a way to handle this market without emotion or just stay out altogether.