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Recently, various testnet points have become popular again.
It was originally just practice, but once I silently thought "I should be able to exchange for something," I started to change: checking in daily, jumping back and forth, treating Gas and time as free...
Honestly, when expectations rise, practice turns into debt.
My "stop-loss" for myself is pretty simple: set a total budget (money + time), like at most two nights a week, and a maximum amount to spend; once reached, stop, no matter how much the group calls for more.
Also, when I see new L1/L2 projects promoting incentives while pulling TVL, and veteran users complaining "mining, selling," I prefer to treat it as a short-term game, not adding drama for myself.
For safety, I’m willing to go the extra mile: try to use independent wallets and separate browser configurations for testnets, not mixing with my main wallet, to avoid the day I click the wrong link and my shiny, bubbly gains get wiped out... Anyway, for now, I’ll do it this way.