Lately, I've been getting a bit annoyed with grinding for testnet points... It was supposed to be practice, but as soon as someone in the group mentions "there might be an airdrop," my mindset instantly shifts to betting. Basically, when expectations rise together, people start increasing their time investment, wallets, and Gas fees, and in the end, everything gets messy.

I'm setting a "stop-loss" for myself now, which is pretty simple: treat this round as a project expense, decide the maximum amount of money and hours I will spend, and write it down in a memo; if I exceed that, I stop, no matter what others say. Another thing is to review a "input-output table" weekly: how much I spent, what I learned, whether I gained new insights from on-chain interactions. If I only have the habit of grinding tasks left, then it's time to stop.

The recent NFT royalty war also feels similar—everyone wants "expected income," but when secondary liquidity tightens, having a pretty ledger doesn't help. Anyway, I trust the habit more: keep detailed records, calculate costs clearly, and surviving long-term is already good enough.