Theory: the more you focus on the moment-by-moment financial news by so-called experts/media and daily ticker movements, the more it trains your brain to think short-term and make short-term decisions thus resulting in sub-par returns.
I feel humans have a tendency to get stuck with a specific line of reasoning. After some time that reasoning gets “internalized” and becomes part of our emotional self. Then anything that negates or brings that reasoning in question, feels offensive.
I spent 4 years in Austin, Texas as a student, then left for California. But Austin is where I will always belong. Love the city and its people. You walk on the street, people smile at you. Filled with artists and free thinkers.