Lately, watching the mempool queue feels a bit like watching the rush hour subway... When you click "Confirm," you're actually just broadcasting the transaction, waiting in the small pool for miners/validators to pick it up. During congestion, others paying more (raising the fee) is like cutting in line, and your transaction might stay pending forever, or even get kicked out by nodes. After a while, your wallet still shows pending, which can really mess with your mindset.

My current habit is: unless it's urgent, don't force your way through peak times. If you really need to send, first check the basic fee/priority fee levels, and prefer to try a few times with less fuss rather than repeatedly changing the fee and clicking randomly. Honestly, on the chain, it's not like you click and "get a spot in line"—it's more like auctioning for a position.

Recently, some people have been linking ETF fund flows and US stock risk appetite to crypto price movements. I see it too, but in the end, when it comes to executing yourself, it all boils down to these details: don’t let emotions burn through more gas during congestion... Those who can stick with it long-term mostly develop habits, not some innate talent.