Last night I almost got that itchy urge again. I was scrolling through the “ETF capital flows + US stock risk appetite” interpretation, and everyone in the comments was arguing about whether it will go up today… As I watched, I kept thinking: attention is something that cuts people more than coin prices.

My current clumsy approach is to treat hot topics like a weather vane—not a steering wheel. When something hot comes up, first ask yourself three questions: What exactly am I trying to profit from (volatility or the ability to trade short-term)? How much cost am I willing to pay this time (gas, time, and my mindset)? In the worst case, can I accept it (for example, if everything cools down a week after the interaction)? If the answers aren’t clear, don’t chase. Better to miss out than to mistake “anxiety” for alpha.

To put it plainly, when I keep getting cut over and over, it’s not usually that the project is that bad—it’s that I always want to change routes on the fly. From now on, I’ll follow the map: interact two days every week, review once a day, and spend less time browsing hot posts at other times. When I see the hype suddenly spike, I remind myself, “This might just be dragging you away from your plan.” For now, so be it—acting is cheaper than interpretation.