Weekly Nugget of Wisdom #42
Slowmaxxing my way to a better life
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Slowmaxxing my way to a better life
I had this tweet go semi viral a few days ago:
I think it struck a chord. It seems that almost everyone I speak with or come across these days says something about how their memory is worse, their attention span is nonexistant, and how they think all their devices and screen time are to blame. I say the same.
You know what? We’re probably right.
Spending all day refreshing social media feeds is undoubtedly cancerous for our brains. Yet most of us keep doing it. It’s the definition of addiction: doing things that are categorically bad for us, and that we wish we could stop, but are unable to do so. Doing things for short and cheap dopamine hits and at the expense of our long term wellbeing.
Readers of this newsletter will remember that the prevailing theme of my life during 2025 was “less is more”. Well, I think the prevailing theme for 2026 is going to be “slowmaxxing”.
It’s a little tougher to apply it directly to crypto, but I do have two ideas and ways I intend to switch things up:
Instead of bookmarking infinite articles and whitepapers “to read later” (most of which I never actually read), I’m going to start printing out things and reading them. Slightly worse for the environment, sue me. I think the ability to read on something other than the X or Substack feed is going to tremendously reduce my chances of getting distracted and sidetracked, and hopefully improve how much I read + improve retention of what I read.
Implementing a “no buying/selling” rule unless I have first logged the trade in a trading log or journal. I have tried this before, but have never been able to stick with it long term. I am a huge believer in trading journals and think they help tremendously (you can write down the price you’re buying at, your exit plan, your thesis for buying and holding, everything). For 2026, every trade must be logged. It will slow me down, and I think improve my FOMO as well as my trading results.
I’m gonna keep thinking about this topic and adding to this list, both of things to do within crypto and outside of it.
I’ve been seeing good results over the last week by doing some of these things, and I think everyone could benefit from taking things just a little bit slower in 2026.
Life’s too short to rush through it.
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