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Lately, earning testnet points has been a bit exhausting... At first, it was clearly "practicing feel," but as I kept going, I started thinking "Can I switch to XX this week?" Once the expectations are set, it's easy to get carried away.
I set a very simple stop-loss for myself: any activity that requires upfront real money and repeatedly signing a bunch of strange authorizations, I treat as a paid online game—stop when I can. Especially those contracts that leave upgrade permissions or allow the owner to change logic at any time; no matter how attractive the points are, I don't want to be a guinea pig. I'd rather earn fewer points than give full wallet permissions.
By the way, a quick rant: recently, some people have been interpreting ETF capital flows, U.S. stock risk appetite, and crypto price movements all together, which makes it easier to feel like "I should add more." But testing net stuff, honestly, is more like a lottery + homework—don't use macro narratives to justify yourself... My current approach is: dedicate half an hour each day, and if I go over, I close the webpage. That's it for now.