Finally using my crypto for actual day to day stuff and it feels surreal

I've been in crypto for about four years now. Most of that time was spent doing what
I think the majority of people do, checking prices obsessively, moving things
between wallets, occasionally panicking during a red week, and telling myself I'd
figure out the spending side later. Later never really came because honestly the
process of converting crypto to spendable money always felt like more friction than
it was worth. You'd have to sell on an exchange, wait for it to settle, transfer to your
bank, wait again, and by the time you could actually spend anything the moment
had passed or the price had moved.

A few months ago I started using a crypto debit card and the experience genuinely
caught me off guard. Not because the technology is mind blowing but because of
how normal it feels. Last week alone I paid for groceries, filled up my car, grabbed
coffee twice, and split a dinner bill all from my crypto balance. Tapped my phone at
each checkout like I've been doing it for years. The cashiers had zero idea. No
conversion drama, no waiting, no logging into anything. Just double click, face ID,
done.

The mental shift it triggered was unexpected too. Crypto stopped feeling like a
scoreboard and started feeling like actual money I have access to. I'm more
deliberate about what I hold now because some of it is genuinely part of my budget.
Stables for spending, the rest stays stacked. It's a cleaner way to think about a
portfolio than just watching a single number go up and down.

Curious if others have made this shift or if most people here are still purely in the
holding and watching phase. What finally pushed you to start spending if you did?