Trading, waiting, and being in cash are all top-notch strategies. This article reflects the journey of discipline in my mindset.

I hope you will also become someone who can endure idle time.

In the past, during those 80% of idle times, it was inevitable to feel anxious.

The market wasn't moving, my wallet wasn't growing, and a bunch of people on social media started making charts, telling stories, and switching lanes, as if the moment you stop hustling, you would be left behind.

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

Later, I finally understood that this anxiety wasn't because the market didn't provide opportunities, but because I didn't treat 'waiting' as a strategy. Idle time does not equal useless time.

It is the best time for you to reorganize your model, reflect on your understanding, look back at which judgments were wrong, and which investments were mere luck.

During this phase, you can slowly clear the illusion of 'having to perform as long as you are present' from your mind, and start learning to accept: most of the time, your job is to observe and think, rather than to participate and bet.

Once 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 on the hot trends. Instead, I could see more clearly: which narratives could genuinely materialize, and which projects were still just bubbles waiting to be inflated.

Sometimes, while others are rushing, I might be in cash; but when certainty arrives, I'm willing to double down, because I know I've waited, thought, and prepared.

Most of the time in the crypto world is counterintuitive.

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

Now I no longer care about idle time; in fact, I am somewhat grateful for it. It is a filtering mechanism, filtering out impatience and leaving behind patience.

And I hope you become the person who can control their heart, manage their hands, and endure idle time.