With an annual spending limit of $180k, you can retire 400 families @base @baseapp This calculation was made by a user with a bit of free time, guaranteeing a comfortable life for 40 years retiring at age 30. A 30% cost-of-living buffer has also been included. 💰💰💰💰💰

Scenery, Wine, and Pizza: A Break in Kula’s Burnt Land! I’m telling this story without a brand or a setting. Amid Kula’s volcanic soil and ancient vineyards, we experienced an extraordinary culinary moment. In the Burnt Land, where history and nature find their way onto your plate, the local wines sipped alongside the exquisite pizza leave your mouth watering. As you taste the unique aroma imparted by the volcanic soil, you savor every bite of the restaurant’s flavors and every view before you. If your journey brings you here, you must try this perfect pairing! At the restaurant, enjoy fresh pizzas straight from the stone oven right beside you—don’t forget to order the spicy oil too. The red wines, made from grapes grown in this volcanic terrain, flow effortlessly with the pizza. You can also capture beautiful photos from the restaurant’s garden, framed by vineyards and volcanic landscapes. #BurntLand #Kula #WineAndPizza #VolcanicVineyards (I erased myself—this isn’t AI-generated imagery 😄)

The other day, a senior friend in the industry asked me, “Have you read this book? I’m very curious to hear your thoughts.” I hadn’t read it, but immediately after the conversation, I was overcome with a powerful urge to read it. When I thought about why I suddenly felt so motivated, I realized there was a brilliant psychological mechanism at play: When someone doesn’t assign you homework but instead values your intelligence and perspective, your brain interprets this as a “signal of respect” and releases dopamine. Sometimes, what motivates us isn’t the subject of the book—it’s the feeling of being appreciated conveyed by that single sentence. The exact same thing happens in crypto. What draws us to a project, DAO, or community is often not just charts or APY rates—it’s the sense that our ideas and presence are valued within that ecosystem. Sometimes, what attracts us to a project isn’t the code, but the feeling of belonging we experience. But be careful: Even when positive, when emotion enters the equation, rationality can disappear. While it’s wonderful to feel appreciated within a community, don’t forget to manage your investments with cool-headed analysis—not with your emotions.

One of the biggest enemies in crypto: Change Blindness The coin’s TVL is melting right before your eyes, the roadmap is quietly changing, the team is leaving… yet you say, “Nothing’s wrong.” Why? Our brains fail to notice even major changes. What is Change Blindness? The inability to detect significant changes in visual information—such as charts, news, or project details—especially when attention is distracted or the screen is refreshed. In movies, a character’s shirt color changes, and no one notices. In crypto, the same thing happens: price, liquidity, and token unlocks shift right before your eyes. 90% of crypto traders fall into this trap: When tracking multiple coins at once When swept up in hype and skipping details When relying on outdated memory with “It used to be like this” Result? Silent position erosion and the shock of “How did this happen?” To reduce Change Blindness: Examine every update as if seeing it for the first time. Use a checklist. Take screenshots and compare side-by-side. Follow the “one coin, one screen” rule. Run a weekly “flicker test” (rapidly switch between old and new views). Ask yourself: “What might I be missing here?” My favorite trick: I look at my portfolio as if I’ve never seen it before. I also ask AI—like a second pair of eyes. Sometimes I consult a second or third AI and compare their insights. In crypto, “thinking you’ve seen it” is the most expensive illusion. Systematize your attention—so your money doesn’t melt right before your eyes.

Recently, I walked into the market. I had sunglasses on, and my face wore a very serious expression. I was standing by the greens, picking up parsley, looking at its leaves, examining the stem, then taking it—then doing the same with another bunch of parsley. Meanwhile, I picked up some cilantro in my hand, saying to myself, “This green, this yellow.” Again, the same serious expression on my face—I sniffed the cilantro. A woman came up beside me. “You probably know which one is fresher, right?” I turned to her, raised the cilantro in my hand, and said: “This one, right here.” “Isn’t this parsley?” she asked. I had no idea what she meant. 😄😄 It’s the same in crypto—everyone scrutinizes everything like an expert, but nobody really understands. 😄

When I was a child, there was an exposed wire hanging from the ceiling. Someone had connected it to the fluorescent light, so both had electricity. As I grew taller, my cousin and I would compete, trying to reach higher. “Let’s touch the light and see what happens,” he’d say. I stretched, ran, jumped—my index finger slipped into the wire 😄 A quick *zzzt*. I didn’t hang there suspended—I fell. Later, as I got older, I looked into why that happened. I read countless books and eventually reached a medical diagnosis based on what I’d learned. The straightforward conclusion? “I was an idiot.” So let me tell you: don’t jump into ridiculous claims in crypto—don’t let people call you an idiot. 😄 Then—*zzzt*—you get zapped.

Turning 40 is a time of deep self-reflection that comes with leaving the first half of life behind and stepping into the second. You set aside the question “What do I want to be?” and start asking, “What do I truly value?” You filter out the noise of life to clearly prioritize what truly matters; focusing on what’s most valuable feels far more meaningful than chasing after everything. Of course, during this self-reflection, you don’t forget to look in the mirror and tell yourself, “Wow, I still look 28… just need a shave.” The best part is that instead of saying “I’ll do it someday” like before, you start saying “I’ll get it done this month”… Because you now know the value of time all too well. Happy birthday to me. 😀

At 40, you enter a profound accounting phase of life—leaving behind the first half and stepping into the second. You stop asking, “What do I want to become?” and start asking, “What do I truly value?” You isolate your goals from life’s noise and clearly prioritize what truly matters; focusing on the most valuable things feels far more meaningful than chasing everything. Of course, during this accounting, you still look in the mirror and trick yourself with, “Wow, I still look 28… guess I need a shave.” The best part? You stop saying, “I’ll do it one day,” and start saying, “I’ll get it done this month…” because now you deeply understand the value of your time. Happy birthday to me. 😀

When I was a kid, there was a game called “goalkeeper”—you’d play soccer well, beat all your opponents, score a goal, then switch to goalkeeping. If someone worse than you scored, you’d still have to stay in goal and watch the others. The worst part was, if you were a good goalkeeper, you wouldn’t let any goals in. Isn’t that proof of how fragile justice can be? Because you never knew if the other player in goal was deliberately letting goals in. There were always arguments: “Was that goal even allowed?” Turns out, as a child, we were taught that success gets punished 😄

With the help of @smd_bozkurt, I now also have a “regular wallet” on the Brolyz platform. To an outsider, it means nothing. But to someone inside, it’s incredibly valuable. When a member puts effort into another’s growth and the platform’s progress, that’s solidarity. I’m talking about a shared umbrella where people stand together. This is the best answer to the question: “What is @BrolyzFi?” Friendship #like