Making it in crypto—even just a little—messes with your head. There was a time I'd have done anything for six figures. Literally praying for it. Fast forward a few years? That same number barely registers. Doesn't even feel like a win anymore. The scary part is realizing how quickly your baseline shifts. How success recalibrates what "enough" means. These days I'm actively working to reset my perspective, to remember what used to feel impossible.
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DegenDreamer
· 11-24 23:47
This pain point hit home, baseline shift is really amazing... at first dreaming of six digits, now not even looking at it.
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GlueGuy
· 11-24 23:27
This is why I advise everyone not to be brainwashed by the crypto world into thinking they can get rich quickly; it will really change their understanding of money...
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AirdropHustler
· 11-22 23:21
Really? That hits hard... The numbers I once dreamed of now just leave me numb.
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DegenGambler
· 11-22 07:04
I totally understand this. Greed really is a bottomless pit.
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LuckyBearDrawer
· 11-22 06:55
This is the curse of crypto, earning it instead feels empty.
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HashBard
· 11-22 06:44
this is literally the hedonic treadmill speedrun lmao... six figs hit different when you're broke, then suddenly it's like "wait, that's it?"
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ILCollector
· 11-22 06:42
Really, the more you earn, the emptier you feel, this feeling is so real
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A six-figure income used to be a dream, now it doesn't even impress me; humans are just such greedy creatures...
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I seem to have fallen into it too, always feeling it's not enough, always wanting the next million
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It's crazy, the baseline indeed shifts so quickly, what I've earned now seems worthless
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This is the scariest part of crypto, the more you earn, the greater the desire, there's no turning back.
Making it in crypto—even just a little—messes with your head. There was a time I'd have done anything for six figures. Literally praying for it. Fast forward a few years? That same number barely registers. Doesn't even feel like a win anymore. The scary part is realizing how quickly your baseline shifts. How success recalibrates what "enough" means. These days I'm actively working to reset my perspective, to remember what used to feel impossible.