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Today on the road it was stuffy and backed up again, and the coffee got cold after a little while… I also happened to check my testnet points, and suddenly I felt annoyed: things that were supposed to be for practice—once in my mind I start defaulting to “what can I exchange later,” the actions start to get distorted.
My stop-loss is pretty crude: first, set a cap for myself—no more than how much time, how much gas, and how many times I’m allowed to sign permissions for each project; once it exceeds those limits, I stop, no matter how much the group keeps shouting about “airdrop season.”
The task platform is cracking down harder and harder on anti-bot behavior, and the points system feels like it’s set up like workplace clock-in attendance—by the time you’ve pushed it to the limit, they might even do a one-time cut and zero you out… Basically, I’d rather do less. I’ll only touch anything after I can clearly understand the audit, permissions, and fund flows. Practice is practice—don’t treat expectations like wages.
That’s it for now.