Recently, I’ve been obsessively earning testnet points, kind of like practicing at first, but secretly I’ve been writing a “future airdrop expectation” in my mind.

I usually set a very simple stop-loss for myself: no more than one hour of tinkering each day, a maximum amount of gas/cross-chain fees spent, and when the time’s up, I stop—even if I haven’t finished the task.
Also, when I encounter tasks that require repeated signing or installing a bunch of plugins, I’d rather give up—security risks are more tangible than points.

Miner/validator income, MEV, fairness in ordering—these have been criticized again recently, which also reminds me: you think you’re “participating in building,” but on-chain, they might just see you as traffic, casually grabbing some leftover scraps.
Anyway, I take simple tasks as traps—those that look like “one-click earning” deserve a closer look.
Let’s leave it at that for now; don’t turn practice into a mandatory assignment.