Every time I see discussions in the group about interest rate cut expectations, the US dollar index, and risk assets starting to rise and fall together again, my first reaction isn't whether to enter the market or not, but: It's over, this year's trading volume is going to explode again... Filing taxes at the end of the year can really drive you crazy. Honestly, what I fear most now isn't losing money, but losing records that don't match.

I've set a strict rule for myself: for every large transfer on-chain, cross-chain transaction, or contract interaction, immediately write down the tx hash + time + purpose in a spreadsheet (don't think it's crude), and the exchange will export transaction/ fund flow data weekly, backing it up in two places. Also, don't wait until the end of the year to fill in the gaps; you'll really forget, especially those small interactions that are just "testing at the time," which are the hardest to explain later.

I need to be reminded: when I see congestion and get itchy to make a few more trades, first ask myself, "How do I record this transaction?" Otherwise, it's fun now, but later it'll all be debt. That's it for now.