Cutting losses is really a bit like a breakup: dragging it out without getting everything clear, thinking about it every day, getting more and more unwilling the more you watch it. In the end, you still have to pay more “interest”—emotional interest, time interest, and even if you fumble and keep adding, you go deeper and deeper. In plain terms, admitting you’re wrong earlier is actually lighter; at least you can pull your attention back and go look for better opportunities.

If I hadn’t kept thinking back then, “Wait a bit and it’ll break even,” I probably wouldn’t even have as vivid a memory of the loss now. Lately, hardware wallets have been out of stock, and phishing links are everywhere—yet I feel like this is a reminder: when the outside world gets more chaotic, don’t let yourself stay trapped in the same mistake over and over. First, clean up your positions and your security completely, and then your mind can finally settle down. For now, let’s do it like this—slowly, step by step, and fix it gradually.