These past couple of days, I’ve been grinding testnet points again, and then I suddenly realized my mindset has started to change: at first it was just to practice my feel and get familiar with the interaction, but then this thought popped into my head—“If I don’t get this round, I’ll be at a loss”… Basically, once that expectation shows up, you have to write down your risk control/stop rules clearly; otherwise it turns into endlessly adding time and attention.

My risk control is pretty crude: set an alarm for each testnet project—“maximum of two nights tinkering.” If you haven’t gotten it to work by the time it goes off, or you have to keep switching accounts, switching nodes, or changing scripts, then you put it down. And I only keep screenshot-style evidence: what interactions I did, how much time I spent—then I look back at it again three days later. If I still feel like I’m gambling, I delete the task list.

On the NFT royalties debate about creator income and secondary liquidity, I can actually remind myself better: the rules can change at any time, and so can the narrative. Don’t treat “possible rewards” as salary. As for why I can stay calm… maybe it’s just a habit: before bed, I don’t scroll through my task list—once I do, I easily get carried away, and the next day I’m not rational. For now, that’s it.