Sometimes, choosing is really more important than hard work.
I used to be an ordinary worker.
Nine to five, following the routine, life wasn't bad, but there was no visible room for growth.
Work was just for that paycheck that arrived on time, and the rest of the time was spent idly.
The first time I came into contact with Web3 and the cryptocurrency world, it would be a lie to say I wasn't nervous.
I didn't understand blockchain, didn't understand cryptocurrencies, and there was hardly anyone around discussing these topics.
What everyone talked about were promotions, year-end bonuses, and stocks.
It was only later that I realized:
I was just trapped in an information cocoon.
And those things I was most unfamiliar with might just be new entry points.
So I began to step out of my comfort zone,
actively seeking to watch, learn, and communicate with those who entered the field earlier.
This process wasn't dignified—
I stepped on hot spots, chased emotions, and paid quite a bit of tuition.
When my account fluctuated, the anxiety was real.
I even once considered:
Should I just give up and return to a familiar “stable life”?
But gradually, I understood one thing:
In an era of rapid change, trial and error is a cost, but choice is the direction.
Failure is not the end, but a selection.
I began to give up the pursuit of short-term profits,
turning my attention to long-term value, real applications, and underlying logic.
It is precisely this process that made me realize:
Web3 is not just about investment returns,
but rather a redistribution of information, opportunities, and cognition.
Looking back now,
what truly holds people back is never ability,
but that moment of not daring to jump out of the original track.
Trial and error is not scary,
what is scary is never taking a risk for a better choice in a lifetime.
If you have no direction right now, it might be better to follow this rhythm and layout in advance together, much better than randomly betting.