Lately, looking at the testnet points thing, it really feels like a gym membership card: originally for practicing moves, but as you go along, everyone starts calculating "getting their money's worth." Once you have expectations in mind, it's easy to treat time, Gas, and attention as sunk costs, getting more and more reluctant to stop the loss. Honestly, it's just another form of being "hooked."

I set a rule for myself: as soon as I find myself doing tasks to "prove I didn't waste my effort," rather than because the project itself is interesting/useful, I stop immediately, close the page, and do something else. Anyway, until the airdrop is in hand, it’s not an asset—don’t use future possibilities to justify today’s exhaustion.

By the way, a quick rant: recently, someone linked ETF capital flows with U.S. stock risk appetite, making it seem like there's a main switch that, when turned, causes crypto prices to rise or fall... This kind of narrative easily stirs up emotions. The more I see this, the less I touch things driven by "hard grind for points," for now.