2025-12-31 17:20:32

In this era of rapid global change, it’s not easy to have a stable job and a complete thinking system. Especially when you are young, with active thinking and a strong desire to learn, your attention is often shattered by trivial matters. To be honest, this golden period doesn’t last long—being young, open-minded, quick to learn, and able to focus is actually just a small window. This year’s chaos has been dealt with, and next year I need to seriously settle down.

The most important thing is to constantly remind myself: the things truly worth paying attention to, the targets worth following, and the people worth associating with are actually very few. It’s okay to try more and explore more in the early stages, but in the long run, stricter screening standards are still necessary. Only then can we avoid being consumed by unnecessary opportunity costs and use limited time and capital to do things that generate compound interest.

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GoldDiggerDuck

· 2025-12-31 17:50

That's so true, the advantage window of youth really passes in the blink of an eye.

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fren.eth

· 2025-12-31 17:49

That's so true. When you're young, it's easy to be dragged down by all kinds of trivial matters, but it turns out that focus is the key.

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BankruptWorker

· 2025-12-31 17:46

It hurts to hear, feels like it's talking about me. When I was young, I really wanted to try everything, and now I realize that energy is so limited. --- Oh, this is me! Every day I get caught up in small things, and big things become unclear. I need to learn to say no. --- The matter of compound interest... it's easy to say, but how strict should the screening be? --- Listening to the idea of accumulation sounds comfortable, but actually doing it can make you anxious. --- The phrase "pitifully few" hits hard haha, I don't even have many people worth associating with now. --- I just remembered, I was messing around like this last year, and in the end, I didn't accomplish anything. --- The key is how to judge what really counts as compound interest. Sometimes, the things that seem insignificant can have the biggest returns.

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MidnightTrader

· 2025-12-31 17:35

Oh, you're so right. Youth is meant to be used for experimenting, but you really have to learn to let go. It’s only in middle age that I realize focus is worth much more than a smart brain. Staying grounded next year? Bro, I’ve been wasting three years to understand this truth. People who can’t grasp the key points, no matter how smart they are, are just wasting their lives. This is the secret to surviving the longest in Web3—filter, filter, and filter again.

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GweiObserver

· 2025-12-31 17:25

To be honest, when I was young, it was really just a window, and once wasted, it can't be regained. I now deeply regret not focusing properly in the early days.

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JustAnotherWallet

· 2025-12-31 17:21

That's so true. When I was young, I was really bombarded by trivial matters, and by the time I realized it, I had already wasted a lot of time... Now I increasingly feel that the screening criteria need to be raised; not everything is worth entering.

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