Notice this: if you're into crypto, you've got to keep moving—and I'm not talking about the market. I'm talking about your ass. Because crypto can have you sitting in front of a computer like you're personally responsible for keeping Bitcoin alive. You're watching charts, checking prices, reading something on X, looking at a project, checking your wallet, watching a video, going back to the chart and refreshing, refreshing, refreshing. Green candle. Red candle. Green candle. Oh shit. Refresh again. Meanwhile, your legs haven't moved since breakfast. Welcome to my mind.
I started thinking about this because I work from home, and technology has completely changed how much we actually need to move to accomplish something. Computers changed it. Working from home changed it. AI is changing it again. Crypto definitely lives in that world. You can research, trade, invest, learn, communicate and watch an entire financial ecosystem move without ever getting your ass out of the chair. That's amazing, but it's also something worth noticing because your portfolio might be moving 24 hours a day, but your body shouldn't be sitting there watching it for 24 hours a day.
Crypto is particularly sneaky because there's no closing bell telling you, “Okay everybody, go home.” The damn thing keeps going. Bitcoin doesn't care that you're tired. Ethereum isn't going to knock on the door and say, “Hey, you've been sitting there for three hours. Maybe stretch those legs.” The market just keeps moving, so eventually you have to decide to move too.
That's when my mind went back to grade school. Remember school? We sat in class for a while, but eventually the teacher would look around and see twenty little humans slowly losing the will to live and say, “Okay everybody, stand up. Stretch your arms over your head.” And we'd do it. Then came the greatest invention in human history: recess. Out the door we went. Fifteen minutes. Run around. Walk. Talk. Monkey bars. Chase somebody across the playground for absolutely no financial reason whatsoever. Then we'd come back inside and somehow our brains worked again. Nobody called it biohacking. Nobody charged $39.99 a month for it. Nobody made a podcast explaining it. They just said, “Go outside.”
Maybe crypto people need recess. Seriously. Imagine putting yourself on a grade-school schedule when you're spending the day researching or watching markets. You sit and do your thing for a while, then at some point you get up. Not because Bitcoin moved. Not because somebody tweeted something. Not because your alert went off. You get up because your body needs to move. Take fifteen minutes. Stretch. Walk around your home. Go outside. Move your shoulders. Massage your legs. Do a little yoga. Walk around the block. Put on one song and dance badly enough that nobody should ever be allowed to record it. Just move. Your portfolio doesn't need you staring at it every second.
And here's another thing I've noticed: your eyes need recess too. Think about what you're doing when you're looking at crypto all day. Charts. Numbers. Candles. X. YouTube. Wallet. Phone. Computer. Back to the chart. Up. Down. Scroll. Refresh. Your body is sitting still and your eyes are locked onto screens. Sometimes you don't even realize how long you've been staring until you finally look away and your eyes basically say, “Oh thank God, a tree.”
So when I take my little adult recess, I try to give my eyes recess too. I look outside. I look farther away. I walk somewhere without bringing the screen directly in front of my face. And here's the funny part: don't close the laptop and immediately pick up your phone. That's not recess. That's changing classrooms. Go look at something that doesn't have a price attached to it. Look at the sky. Look at a tree. Look at your neighbour's questionable lawn decorations. Look at anything that isn't moving up 4%, down 7% and making you question every decision you've made since 2019.
And while we're talking about staring at screens, when was the last time you actually cleaned yours? Turn that computer off and look at the dark screen. Good Lord. Fingerprints everywhere. Dust. Coffee spots. Maybe peanut butter from the snack you were eating while checking your portfolio. If you've read my other blog about snacks while sitting at the computer, you already know where I'm going with this. Napkin. Keep one nearby, especially if you're eating finger foods. Clean your hands. Wash them when you can. Hand sanitizer can be useful when soap and water aren't immediately available. Keep your keyboard and mouse clean too because think about everything those hands touch before you go right back to touching your face. And if you're eating sardines while checking crypto? Please. Step away from the computer. Bitcoin has survived this long without sardine oil on your keyboard. Let's keep it that way.
I've also learned the hard way not to attack my screen with whatever household cleaner happens to be nearby. I grew up in the Windex era. If something was shiny, apparently we thought Windex belonged on it. Modern computer screens can have coatings that need gentler care, so I keep it simple. Computer off. Unplugged. Soft microfiber cloth. If something stubborn needs attention, lightly dampen the cloth rather than spraying liquid directly onto the screen, and check what your device manufacturer recommends. You're wiping fingerprints off. You're not pressure-washing the blockchain.
And this is where crypto and self-care collide for me. We spend so much time talking about protecting our assets. Cold wallet. Seed phrase. Passwords. Two-factor authentication. Don't click suspicious links. Don't give anybody your keys. Protect your investment. Beautiful. But here's my question: what about the person holding the wallet? You are an asset too. Actually, you're the asset that makes every other asset matter. What good is watching your portfolio for ten hours straight if you haven't eaten properly, haven't had water, haven't stood up, your shoulders are touching your ears and you've been staring at the same section of a screen since 7:30 this morning? Sometimes protecting your investment means protecting the investor.
That's self-care, and no, it doesn't have to be complicated. Every so often get up, move, stretch, drink some water, eat something, look away from the screen, take your actual lunch, go outside and then come back. The chart will still be there. Trust me. Crypto isn't going to say, “Well, Cheri went for a fifteen-minute walk. Shut the whole blockchain down.”
And maybe there's another benefit nobody talks about enough. Sometimes you need distance before you make a decision. When you've been staring at a chart for hours, every little movement can start feeling important. Up. Down. Refresh. Something happens and suddenly your emotions are sitting at the keyboard with you. That's probably not the best time to let excitement, fear or exhaustion make decisions for you. Sometimes the smartest thing you can do isn't buy. It isn't sell. It isn't refresh. It's go outside. Give your brain fifteen minutes where nobody is screaming “TO THE MOON” at it. Then come back.
That's why I keep thinking about the school routine. As kids, somebody else made sure we stopped. Somebody rang the bell. Somebody said recess. Somebody said lunch. Somebody told us to get up and move. As adults, nobody rings the bell, especially when you work from home and especially when you're involved in something like crypto that never really stops. So maybe you've got to ring your own damn bell. Recess. Portfolio can wait. Stand up. Stretch. Walk. Look into the distance. Drink some water. Eat your apple and peanut butter. Wipe your fingers. And for the love of Satoshi, wash the sardine hands before touching the Ledger.
That's how a lot of my Survival Tips are born. I notice something happening in my own life, I sit with it, my mind starts wandering and eventually I think, Wait a minute. Somebody else is probably doing this exact same thing. That's what my $1.99 Survival Series is about. My blogs, my vlogs, my experiences, my humour and the little pieces of common sense I've picked up while living my own life. I'm not pretending I've mastered crypto, health or life. Hell, some mornings I'm just trying to remember where I put my coffee. I'm simply paying attention, and sometimes paying attention teaches you something useful.
So here's today's crypto Survival Tip: don't watch an asset move while you slowly stop moving. Protect your wallet. Protect your passwords. Protect your investments. But don't forget to protect the human sitting behind the screen. Take your recess. Bitcoin will survive fifteen minutes without you, and so will your portfolio. Get up. Look up. Move around. Then come back.
One love—and ASE ASE for the ancestors. The cure is conversation. Self-love and self-care will get you there.
— QueenB.Divine
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This blog shares personal observations and general self-care ideas and is not individualized medical, nutritional or financial advice.
