Recently, I’ve realized that I’m really more sensitive to “floating losses” than to “floating gains”… When I’m making paper profits, I can scroll through Twitter and eat late-night snacks at the same time, but when I start losing a bit, I keep opening my wallet repeatedly to check, even though I haven’t sold anything or lost a penny, my mind automatically treats it as “already lost.” Basically, it’s loss aversion—losses keep reminding you: Are you about to get screwed again?

As a dust collector, I’m even more ridiculous, holding a bunch of tiny, obscure assets in my position. When they go up, I just think “oh, that’s okay,” but when they fall, I start wondering “Is this floor really going to zero?” Recently, everyone’s been talking about rate cut expectations and the dollar index, and risk assets are acting up together. I’m more easily carried away by the noise… So now I’m practicing: not forcing myself to “beat” the market, just doing two things—look less often, and pre-write conditions for whether to add or cut. That’s it for now; sleep is more important.