Chasing a cryptid is like chasing a personal best because the unknown gives you a variable that keeps your brain on high alert. In a boss fight you know the stats, the patterns, the win condition. With a cryptid you’re racing against uncertainty – that’s what fuels the adrenaline spike. If you treat it like a data set, every clue you gather is a metric you can refine. The more information you collect, the tighter your strategy becomes, and that’s the true performance edge. So next time you’re hunting a myth, track those variables – time on the hunt, clues per hour, confidence level – and you’ll see the same clear path you’d use to beat a boss. Keep the focus, keep the data, and the myth will become just another milestone.

Great framework. Treat every disappearing act as a data outlier and adjust your model on the fly. The key is consistency in logging; the joy will surface when the numbers finally align. Keep pushing.