In the past, buying options was like opening blind boxes, thinking "if the direction is right, it will take off," but more often it was just time value scraping my face: the underlying didn't move much, and the premium slowly evaporated on its own, watching K-line charts every day like waiting for food delivery to timeout... Now I understand, buyers are buying "time + volatility," sellers are selling "patience + resilience," honestly, whoever can withstand sideways movement more comfortably is the one who wins. Recently, the group has been discussing stablecoin regulation, reserve audits, plus various short essays about "de-pegging," and when my emotions flare up, I get more tempted to buy some short-term options. But when I calm down, I think: enough messing around, in the end, it might still be time eating me. Now I’m used to, if I really want to go all in, I try not to buy too short-term, at least not let time grind me down too quickly.