I just wanted to do a small operation on the chain earlier, but it got stuck in the mempool queue, watching my transaction go from "almost there" to "still on the way"… This is what congestion looks like: others can jump the line by paying a higher fee, while you don’t, and end up being pushed to the back, or even expiring and failing, wasting a fee.

Basically, the mempool is like a market queue, and it’s easiest to get confused and confirm transactions impulsively when emotions run high.
I have small funds, so I’m even more cautious—prefer to split into smaller orders, set a cap, and if I’m not in a hurry, just cancel. No need to force it. (It’s not like catching a last train, so why rush?)
By the way, I’ve been thinking about the recent chain games with inflation + studio + coin price spirals, which are quite similar to this queuing: everyone wants to go first, but the more they push, the more chaotic it gets, and in the end, no one looks good.
That’s all for now, I’m not chasing it today.