I'm writing this while having a cheap and cheerful Spritz at a cafe at a forgotten train station near Italy's 15th largest city. I'm here because I'm heading home. And home is in the Balkans. It's going to be a long trip.

I'm also having a cup of coffee, which is not too bad. And the Spritz is basically sparkling wine and sparkling water together.

Life's not bad. But it would be better if BTC climbed back up.

When it crashed to $30,000, I thought that was the bottom, and I figured it would be impossible for it fall any further. But of course it did. And I thought the same when it to $23,000, but it kept on falling and then, a few days ago, the one thing that most people including myself thought weren't going to happen... happened.

Bitcoin barely clinged onto the $18,000 mark and it is now slowly and painfully trying to get back to $20,000.

It probably won't happen today.

That was shocking. Difficult to process.

I don't know if it's gonna fall any further, I hope not but I'm afraid it might.

How are you coping with the bear market? All I can think of is this one quote I read somewhere.

Only when the tide goes out do you discover who's been swimming naked.