Just took a look at my positions—another day with no real up or down. When I’m sitting on unrealized losses, I feel like I’m nailed to my chair. I keep wanting to refresh the page every now and then, even though I already know it’s useless to check. When I’m up on unrealized gains, though, that’s a different story. I feel pretty pleased with myself, and I end up caring less—in my mind, it still has room to go up a bit more. Plainly put, losing $100 is more likely to keep you awake than making $100. That’s probably just human nature.

Lately, I’ve been seeing lots of people in the groups抢ing hardware wallets. They’ve had shortages for a while, and yet I’m still there hesitating about whether to buy. Some people have strong execution—they decide they want it, then they buy it right away. I really envy that level of security awareness. Not salty at all. Phishing links have been especially common too—someone falls for one pretty much out of nowhere every now and then. Oh well, as the old saying goes: don’t click random links from strangers, and don’t believe that fairy tale about “sweet things falling from the sky.”

Anyway, my current state is this: I’m losing money while telling myself, “This is the cost of learning,” while envying others for being fully equipped, and then continuing to just lie flat. I don’t even know if this counts as progress—but at least my mindset is steadier.