Recently, I’ve seen another wave of new L1/L2s rolling out incentives to pull in TVL. In the group, veteran users were both rushing in and complaining: “Mine, extract, then sell.” I reacted a bit slow—I was still thinking last night, like: isn’t this just testnet practice…? But once I snapped back to reality, everyone had already written that practice into their expectations, and my mindset immediately changed.

The “stop-loss” I’ve set for myself is pretty cheesy: first, treat time as the cost—if I’m still tinkering with the same task/bridge/faucet after more than two nights, I stop. Then, treat emotions as the red line—once I start fantasizing, “This run definitely has some huge airdrop,” I force myself to stop and check how funds are moving on-chain, reminding myself that this is basically like buying a lottery ticket. Anyway, when I get impulsive, I’m easy to lose my head—so even small losses have to be logical: practice is fine, but don’t let expectations run too high, and don’t bet your sleep and attention on it. What I lose isn’t just gas—it’s my brain.