What I want to become is the person who can endure the garbage time.

In the past, during those 80% of garbage time, I would always feel anxious.

The market wasn't moving, my wallet wasn't growing, and a bunch of people on Twitter were starting to create charts, tell stories, and change tracks, as if the moment you stop hustling, you'd be left behind.

That kind of anxiety surged like a tide; you clearly knew it wasn't the right time to take action, yet you couldn't help but stare at the market, scroll through updates, and even FOMO into some coins you knew had no real value.

Later, I finally understood that this anxiety wasn't because the market hadn't given opportunities, but because I hadn't treated 'waiting' as a strategy.

Garbage time does not equal useless time.

It is the best time for you to reorganize your models, examine your understanding, and reflect on which judgments were wrong and which investments were based on luck.

During this phase, you can gradually clear away the illusion that 'you must perform as long as you're present' and start to learn to accept: most of the time, your job is to observe and think, rather than participate and bet.

When I truly did this, my emotions began to stabilize.

I no longer rushed to enter the market, nor did I doubt myself for not being in the hotspots. Instead, I could see more clearly: which narratives could truly take off and which projects were still bubbles being inflated.

Sometimes, when everyone else is rushing, I'm in cash; but when certainty arrives, I dare to double down because I know I have waited, thought, and prepared.

Most of the time in the crypto world is counterintuitive.

It forces you to act, but the real experts are often the calmest when no one else is moving and dare to act heavier when everyone else is.

Now, I am no longer afraid of garbage time; in fact, I am even a bit grateful for it. It is a filtering mechanism that sifts out impatience and leaves behind patience.

And I want to become the one who can endure the garbage time.