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A chat at a coffee shop in Austin made me stop checking my portfolio every day
I was at a local spot on South Congress last month, just scrolling through my investment app like usual. This older guy at the next table saw me and just said, 'You know, the market's not a slot machine.' We ended up talking for an hour about how he lost a bunch in the 2000s by reacting to every little dip. I stopped my daily check-in habit that week and just set up auto-investing. Has anyone else managed to break that constant tracking cycle, and how did it go?
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jade5174d ago
Watching my portfolio every day actually helps me stay calm. I see the small ups and downs and get used to them, so a big drop doesn't freak me out. For me, not looking felt like ignoring my money. I check it once in the morning, make a note if I need to, and then I can forget about it for the rest of the day. That routine works better for my brain than setting and forgetting.
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the_wendy4d ago
That guy should charge for therapy. My phone battery thanks me for not opening the app 50 times a day now.
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