Well, I can only hope you re right.
Dont get me wrong, I m not trying to hurt Factom in any, even slightest way. After all, I m a holder too. I m just not happy with the fact everything is oriented towards Entry Credit users and not current Factoid holders who are also integral part of the community as well. However, I do understand I ve been criticizing too much the entire project which might be counter productive in a certain way so I ll tone down.
Objection noted, thx.
I understand - HODLing is sometimes frustrating, especially when your HODL seems to go nowhere but down while other alts are rocketing up. FOMO lives.
If it's a help, you can use a psychological technique called "compartmentalizing." When applied to speculation, compartmentalizing consists of kidding yourself into taking your HODL "off the table." In my case, this involves excluding the HODL crypto from my mental tallies of how much Bitcoin my alts are worth. This way is the brute-force kind of compartmentalizing.
Another way is to mentally tally the value of your HODLings but treat the sum as a "gee, wow" total: like the answer to a trivia question. In my case, I's HODLing 3'000 Factoids. Every now and then, I look at the price - ~0.0045 as I write; it's been pretty stable recently - and multiply. At this estimate, I have ~13.5 Bitcoins' worth. Gee, wow; that's interesting. And now, back to my day.
Once you develop compartmentalizing into a habit, you learn how to detach your emotions from the ups and downs. It works like the art of teaching yourself not to take criticism of you as if it were a personal attack. You stay calm, and you actually think more clearly. With respect to the progress of Factom, you can "watch the calendar, not the clock" without getting frazzled.
It's not an easy habit to acquire, but it works. It works best with a speculation (like Factom) which has already built a brand and is way in front of the competition. As long as that "moat" holds up, time really is on our side.
