I remember when I was in junior high school, I realized that I had to actively control my brain, otherwise my brain would control me in turn.
Whenever I previewed the junior high school classes, I found that the teacher taught everything I knew, and my mind wandered. Later, I simply didn’t listen at all in class. , that is, self-study. Because self-study is the way to really take over my brain.
The war between me and my brain for control of me has been going on for n years. I once wrote an article documenting the battle between me and my brain for control of me. "We have to fight against our brains throughout our lives to prevent ourselves from becoming its slaves."
But recently, in this round of cryptocurrency bull market, I realized that my brain was almost destroyed by some force, and I don’t know How should we define this power? Let’s just blame it on currency speculation. My brain is being destroyed by speculation.
If you enter the currency circle and make a living by investing, if you are lucky and taste the sweetness, you will basically lose interest in all other ways of getting rich through labor.
Holding currency, if the proportion of your total assets is still very large, then it is really over. The fluctuation of this thing in one day can exceed that of normal labor for more than a year. In the face of the fact that your assets are growing, you will lose interest in any other way of making money.
And if it falls, you can lose several years of labor income in one day. The loss and anxiety will make you depressed for a long time, and you will have nothing to do. mobility, let alone doing other jobs. . . . . .
In the experience of rapid asset growth and evaporation in the currency circle, this "rapid" is really measured in hours, and the magnitude of the assets involved is The amount is astonishingly large, several times the normal labor income per year, and is bound to lead to extreme mood swings, either extreme excitement or profound despair.
The average brain cannot withstand this kind of tossing. After a few times of tossing, the brain loses the ability to act normally. The state is right to ban gambling.
The stimulation brought by currency price fluctuations and asset fluctuations should be far better than various normal activities, including labor and entertainment. There is nothing normal. Activities can be compared.
Perhaps after experiencing a round of bulls and bears, people have basically become numb to traditional ways of obtaining a sense of achievement and satisfaction.
Perhaps, only after experiencing a bull and bear cycle can you understand what it means to be weak.
No matter what kind of sense of accomplishment, glory, joy, happiness... they may not be able to bring such a strong feeling to the human brain. They are all so pale and feeble.
This kind of stimulation may completely destroy the diversified lifestyle, that is, you will not be interested in anything you do.
This kind of extreme stimulation completely distorts our normal perception of the world, making it increasingly difficult for us to perceive joy and satisfaction in our daily lives.
This is the degradation of brain power. Dopamine, serotonin, neurotransmitters... these things may be affected by currency prices.
The more direct attack on the brain caused by currency speculation is that the degree of attention to currency prices completely made me lose the ability to concentrate, even to the point of concentration 1 I can’t even play games for hours, and I have to look at the prices when I’m not playing monsters.
Damn it, I have to look at the price when I wake up in the middle of the night.
Really, how many times a day do I have to check currency prices.
Two weeks ago, a big brother asked me to go to his place for tea. I said, I won’t go. The currency price is fluctuating too much now, so I won’t go. I have to check my phone frequently in front of you, which seems so disrespectful to you.
I think another point is that currency speculation can also cause very serious damage to a person's interpersonal relationships.
In a bull market, your interpersonal network will think that you are a millionaire, you are the richest man; in a bear market, they are afraid that you will ask them to borrow money; and each currency It is too easy for friends to be jealous of each other. A month ago, everyone was still poor and fine, but suddenly you are rich. . . . .
People who speculate in currency always report the good news but not the bad news. They only talk about how much money they have made. When their positions are liquidated, they just hide in the quilt and cry.
The interpersonal relationships involved in currency speculation are not healthy, and the brain is further damaged.
Even, I think this experience in the currency circle will truly change the physical structure of our brains. If we are excited and highly nervous all day long, our brains will definitely have problems.
Just last week, I actually went for an MRI to check if there were any bugs in my brain.
In short, entering the cryptocurrency and blockchain industry may make you completely lose interest in all other ways of getting rich; it may make you lose interest in all kinds of You lose interest in activities and completely lose the diversity of your life; it may completely destroy your concentration; it may even make your interpersonal relationships unhealthy; it may even directly damage the physiological structure of your brain.
What should I do?
I think I still can't let my brain be bullied by these crappy things. I have the responsibility to protect my brain.
I have to keep writing. I have been writing articles intermittently for more than ten years and have written thousands of articles. Writing is my brain-building activity and can give me The labor of continual joy in my brain.
The writing process is the process in which I have the most control over my brain. It can even be said that I have less control over my brain during meditation than when writing.
In order to prepare for writing, I need to read a lot. Only by eating more can I poop more. Reading is a good way to train your brain and stop it from thinking.
I have to find a way to make money from writing and build writing into a diversified income source.
Others, I haven’t thought of a good way, so I have to give up. What’s the difference between that and Xianyu?
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