Notice what sparks joy for me. Being unabashedly honest about what sparks Joy. Notice what sparks anxiety and squeeze points Are my joys and my anxieties in conflict with each? Can something that sparks joy also spark anxiety? Can I think of anything in my life that does both? **Stock Trading** - Brings both Joy and anxiety, can I reduce the anxiety it brings me by creating boundaries and sacrificing some of the overindulgence of risk that tips the scale. **What about stock trading messes with my [[emotional equlibrium]]?** - Too much of Portfolio Invested: Over-leveraged; Over-positioned - Selling good positions too early and watching price continue toward multiple X's - Buying downtrends too early *Catching Knives* and then having to sit underwater with dead money - Owning too many positions - Crowded watchlists **What sparks joy about stock trading?** - Feeling like I have cash on hand to seize opportunity - Slowly averaging out of a rising position - Reading up on trends, forecasts and analysis - Portfolio increases - Feeling equipped for longer term narratives - Astrology connections **Lessons learned during this choppy retracement** - Don't take profits at the top only to rotate them into other positions that are going to go down with the market anyway. - Take bigger profits if I don't want to hold through tedious retracements - Take a moment before catching a knife