Recently, I’ve been earning testnet points to the point it feels like doing exercises.

It was pretty light as practice at first, but then someone in the group mentioned, “There might be an airdrop this time,” and my heart started to race, and I was even less willing to stop.
Honestly, when I expect a collective reward, it’s easiest to treat time and attention as costs; the more I invest, the harder it is to give up.

My self-imposed “stop-loss” is pretty simple: a maximum of two hours per day, and I shut down when the time is up;
If I run a chain/project for three days and see no obvious progress (like tasks becoming more complicated or wallet interactions feeling like clocking in), I’ll put it down for now.
Also, I avoid emotional over-leverage, and I don’t touch unfamiliar authorizations or strange signatures just for points—better to miss out than risk it.

These days, rumors about stablecoin regulation, reserve audits, and de-pegging are being circulated repeatedly, and everyone’s anxiety feels like damp fog.
The more these situations happen, the more I remind myself: testnets are just practice, don’t treat “possible” as “certain,” and keep a calm mind.