Life is a journey. I'm sure you've all heard that before and of course it is true, I have been stomping around this planet for 47 years now and although I haven't travelled a very long way (less than 20kms from where I was born), I have had an amazing journey. Life is filled with many small journeys, cumulatively making up our entire experience on this plane, especially for those of us that enjoy learning, have an open mind and are always looking out for something new. Something better. Something more interesting. I'm at a stage in my life where I am very dissatisfied, I'm angry at myself for missing so many opportunities and depressed because of the situation I allowed myself to fall into. I don't blame the world, the world is just a big rock minding it's own business. I don't blame humanity, as terrible as people are as a collective I quite like them when they are singular. I take responsibility for my situation. I own it. It's mine.
My current journey, the one that is holding my interest the most, is crypto. I started with a small mining rig, I learned all about pools, mining software, linux and how to run a pretty damn good rig. Mining led me to look at investing, I have a small port folio which I'm building on, I won't be trading with that, that's my long hold. I'm certain that crypto will eventually make me comfortable if not rich but rich is the goal. Trading will be the main vehicle I'm hoping to use, secondary will be setting up nodes for various crypto that pay for services and other passive income ideas I have come across in the space. Mining is more of a hobby at the moment, in my country power is very expensive so I am only running a 3 card rig to amuse myself. Eventually I will be setting up a small renewable power station on a property I own and will start mining up again then. That is a long term goal though, 5 years plus.
When you start a journey you need to be open to making detours and quite often changing directions entirely, like mine, started out mining which opened my eyes to so many other possibilities, right now I have been led to a trading group that I fully intend to join and participate in. This to me is an entirely new journey. One that I am excited to be on and scared to be on at the same time, fear is good though, it means you are out of your comfort zone and approaching something new, an experience that will make you better one way or another. Fear can make you feel weak if you turn from it or it can make you strong if you push through it, regardless of the outcome.
At the end of your life, when you are approaching your final breathe, you won't regret what you have done, it's what you didn't do, all those things you were too scared to try, that will cause you to feel that most horrible of emotions; You will regret what you didn't do, not what you did. I have more than enough regrets to keep my mind busy at the end, failed marriage, failed business, all the hate and rage I directed at the wrong people, the opportunities that to date I haven't been able to offer my kids. I don't need any more. I want to leave something behind that will make the lives of those who follow me easier, if I fail that's fine, I will know that I tried and that, hopefully, I inspired my kids to be stronger than I ever was.
