Staring at the fluctuating Candlestick on the screen, I had an epiphany: it's not the market itself that ruins you, but those restless hands that can never stay still.

The phone screen brightened again in the early morning, and the account balance fell below expectations once more. The familiar feeling of palpitations struck—my palms began to sweat, and that devilish voice in my mind screamed: "Just this one time, the chance to turn things around!" The next day, when I opened my eyes, the account had shrunk again. We always love to blame it on "the market maker is so black", but in reality, the biggest short is always the person in the mirror.

To be honest, the hardest thing in the crypto world is not finding ways to get rich quickly, but controlling your own fingers. The lesson I learned from my 5000U and deep dark circles is that in this market, "slow" is actually the fastest route.

**Take the First Step: Overcome Choice Paralysis**

I originally had dozens of cryptocurrencies piled up in my watchlist. Later, I ruthlessly deleted 99%, leaving only Bitcoin, Ethereum, and SOL. The rule is simple to the point of being cruel: if the daily candlestick doesn't have a golden cross, then this cryptocurrency doesn't exist for me. Only when it pulls back to key moving averages and shows an increase in volume will I take action. At other times, feeding pigeons in the park is better than staring at the screen.

In the first few days, my hands were really itchy. Switching from the frenzy of altcoins to only watching three mainstream coins felt like walking from a noisy casino into a library. But it was precisely this "quietness" that allowed me to start seeing through the truth of the market.

I set a strict rule for myself: to watch the market for no more than 2 hours a day, and to spend the rest of the time eating and sleeping. Bitcoin, as digital gold, has undeniable anti-inflation properties. Ethereum supports a large part of the entire DeFi and NFT ecosystem. After simplifying my holdings, my mindset has actually become more relaxed.