Lately, social mining/points have become popular again, and the group has been posting badge screenshots every day. I also want to jump on the bandwagon, but honestly, the most expensive thing isn’t gas—it’s time… Yesterday, I watched my earnings curve while singing karaoke, and I realized that I’d been grinding interactions just to “identity points,” but then I forgot to rebalance the combos. My returns didn’t move much, but my mindset got drained first. On the macro side, people are again talking about rate-cut expectations, and whenever the U.S. dollar index goes haywire, risk assets shake together too. The more that happens, the less I want to tie my energy to a task checklist. Now I’ve set rules for myself: I’ll only take part in activities that are easy to leave a record for. If I can’t get anything out of it, then fine—anyway, I’m not making a living off badges… We’ll see.