Do people here track everything obsessively or did you eventually let go of that and just hold without watching the numbers so closely?

Been doing personal finance tracking for a while, spreadsheets for everything: bills, savings rate, all of it. A few months back I started logging my Bitcoin buys the same way. Cost basis, date, current value, the whole setup.

And I genuinely cannot decide if it helps or hurts.

On one hand it makes DCA feel real and tangible. You can watch the average cost come down over time and that part is actually satisfying. On the other hand, checking it during a dip feels like a bad idea because suddenly the red numbers are right there in a column staring at you instead of just being an abstract price on an app.

The people I know who seem the most relaxed about holding just kind of buy and forget. No spreadsheet, no checking. They bought at whatever price they bought at and they are not doing the daily math. Meanwhile I am over here color coding cells.

Part of me wonders if the tracking mindset is a personal finance habit that just does not translate well to something you are supposed to hold long term without flinching. Or maybe the spreadsheet is fine and I just need to check it less.