I tried once to mine some testnet points, initially thinking it was just practice: familiarizing myself with interactions, reviewing the contract, and casually having some fun.

As a result, everyone in the group was calculating "expected airdrops" every day, and I started to get caught up too, doing more and more like chasing an invisible candlestick...
To put it simply, once practice turns into expectation, people will automatically leverage up.

Later, I set a simple stop-loss method for myself: only use a small wallet + a fixed gas budget, stop when it exceeds;
Add one more rule: "Tinker for no more than three days," if nothing new after three days, then exit, not playing the patience game with the project team.
Anyway, I was educated by NFT secondary sales that the most expensive thing isn't the fees, but the reluctance to leave.

Recently, I also saw everyone interpreting ETF capital flows, US stock risk appetite, and crypto market rises and falls together,
I also get caught up in the rhythm, but at least for the testnet, I’ve fixed the exit path: if there’s no certainty, treat it as exercise, get in shape and then stop.
That’s it for now.