Our life is short and our lifespan is limited. We know it ends, we don't know when and how. We hope as late as possible, and we hope it'll be painless.

As a result of this inescapable truism, we tend to want things now. We tend to prioritise immediate result and satisfaction and we struggle to focus on long-term strategy.

It's understandable. It's a natural inclination we (more or less) all have.

But there's an aphorism I really like, and it says you cannot 'see the forest for the trees'.

It sounds grammatically weird, and I feel like no one would actually word it like that apart from if you're quoting the saying, but I love it.

It means you don't always know you're in a forest if you're surrounding by the trees. You know you're surrounded by trees, but it is impossible for you to determine how many, and how far it extends.

Basically, you can't see a situation for what it is when you're actually in it.

If you zoom out, you almost always see change. If you zoom in and check every day, it all feels either the same or worse.

This is true for Bitcoin, too.

People who bought at $20,000 in 2017 looked like idiots for about four-five years, because Bitcoin crashed in 2018, recovered a bit in 2019, and then crashed badly in 2020. But if you zoom out and look now, if you bought at $20,000 you're a genius.

Those who bought at $69,000 in 2021 looked like fools until recently. But you bought at $69,000 you're now smart.

People, including yours truly, are still buying at $100,000, and no doubt we'll look like fools when Bitcoin crashes below $100k or $90k, which it will. No doubt.

But ten years from now we'll look like geniuses.

And it goes beyond Bitcoin.

I left my homeland and moved abroad three years ago.

It feels like nothing changed, but if I zoom out, a lot has changed. I definitely see progress in my life. Maybe not as much as I'd like, but maybe more than I hoped for.

So, zoom out. You can't see the forest for the trees.