You can rely on yourself if you are honest about yourself, even with an off day, you can learn from it if you look at why you felt like that in an honest fashion. You sometimes however forget, that Tech, like a human, can have an off day too! That day was yesterday. In focusing and writing everyday for for 12 days straight I find myself today “befuddled” when Tech just decides today is not the day. A Medium post, some starryai ai rendered concept art pieces, Optimism Quests, MetaMask confirmations and trades, the usual daily research on terms/ writers/newsletters/web free tool for writing, SEO work, messing about on email, Linkedin posts and WhatsApp calls and then boom… (metaphorically speaking) The laptop said thank you, I`ve had enough of this for 12 straight days!
Tech like humans, can have its off days…
So the laptop went black. then normal, then slow, then black again. A full reset twice didn`t stop this, so I just left it. Full reset this morning and whatever the upset was yesterday, this morning has brought with it a different attitude! Thank God. This is also a timely reminder for me on being consistent that you have to be consistent in backing up and saving work as you go. “Don`t you use automatic saving” I hear you cry? Yes I do, but even that can have an off day on a full reset. So a bit of work lost and a quest unfulfilled are the loses from yesterday. A tad better than Sam Bankman-Fried, whose past 48 hours have “Fried” his suggested wealth and reputation. But then again what transpires is at the most basic level, he was’t being honest with himself, or more to the point, his companies interdependency and liquidity. He was fooling himself and the market, (exceptionally well I have to say) and that just builds pressure which is consistent for all the wrong reasons
Off days, disasters, consistency and crypto…
The 4 go hand in hand, depending on how your mindset views them. If you DCA and HODLE for the long term with consistency then days like the last 2 are par for the course and are but minor blips. If you buy in lumps, hold without daily checks and research, then your mindset has to be much stronger as it makes for an emotional rollercoaster. Crypto and consistency like everything else to get ahead, takes work. There is just no way round it. You have to take a view on what is happening and proactively work at it or react and be happy.
The famous morning routine…
Get up at 4AM, meditate, cold shower, gym routine etc. etc. It really isn`t for me. I do now rise earlier, I don`t look at my phone first, I drink water, get some air on my face and get some movement. I then write a couple of lines of whats on for today and get on with it. This is 12 days in and I feel better for it. I now have to add a few more changes and the main one is reading a couple of crypto newsletters. I read a couple as with most news you have to get past the previous days events quickly, and get on to the stuff of use. Views on what is happening, possible opportunities, rumoured warnings, free airdrops, things that will add proactivity to your day not regret with late reactions.
Give them some good stuff for free, but drive the subscriptions…
Reading the free daily crypto news letters of which there are a lot, they all basically start the same. You have to be proactive and weed them out for the good stuff. The really good stuff costs, but if you are on budget look for the free pointers that can give you the direction you need. Reading them daily also builds an educated opinion and trends start to materialise. Consistency again is key to whatever you want. Atomic Habits suggests that goals are good, but the system to score them is the key. Consistency is the foundation of the system so whatever you want to do, decide and stick to it. Be honest with yourself and subscribe to your own consistency. It`s the only way you will get there…
Thank you for your time.