Lately, I've been a bit dazed from grinding on testnet points. It was supposed to be just practice, but then I started silently calculating, "What if I can exchange something in the future..." Once I have expectations, it's easy to unknowingly increase my position size and emotional investment over time. My stop-loss is pretty basic: set a limit for myself, like a maximum of two hours of tinkering per day, no more than three account switches or wallet changes. Once I hit that, I stop, regardless of how much I still need to do today. Honestly, practice shouldn't turn into work.

Another reminder for myself: don’t use "I’ve already invested so much" as a reason to keep pushing forward. Recently, everyone’s been complaining about validators/miners taking a cut, MEV and unfair ordering, retail investors chasing from behind, and honestly, it’s pretty annoying to listen to... So I need to treat it as a playground with imperfect rules. I need to be reminded: my time and attention are valuable too. Don’t turn life into an ATM just for a possibly non-existent airdrop. That’s all for now.