I’ve found that trading is really tightly bound to sleep quality. The biggest advantage of grid/DCA can be summed up in one word: slow. Buy a little slower, sell a bit later—when you wake up the next day, it won’t be the first thing you do to check whether you’ve been liquidated. In plain terms, it’s using “procrastination” to fight your emotions. On the other hand, going all-in is exciting, but that kind of pounding heart I can’t handle. I wake up in the middle of the night and my mind is still calculating drawdowns—like I’m punishing myself.

Lately, the airdrop season feels similar too: a points-based system makes scraping rewards as competitive as clocking in at work, and the task platform even goes after “anti–bot” behavior. The faster they push the pace, the more frantic it gets. That just confirms to me that I’m better suited to moving more slowly—even if it means eating a few fewer bites—so I don’t end up selling off all my sleep. Evidence? Just look at my dark circles… for now, that’s it.