I have definitely learned the hard way in this space. But it has not discouraged me and has only made life more meaningful. 

You learn more when you lose then when you win. Not saying that losing feels better than winning. Because it DOES NOT! But we need losing to make winning feel that much better! 

Luckily, I had some difficulty signing up for exchanges or I would have lost a lot more. It was an exciting time though. Thinking I was just going to be rich! I remember John MacAfee saying “1 million or I eat my dick”! It was 20k on that day and I said, “I’m just going to buy 1 bitcoin and I’ll have a million”! No problem. 

Well, big problem. It didn’t, by the next day or so, btc was back to 14k and I frantically starting signing up for exchanges, watching all these videos on how and where to get bitcoin. That was the start of the rest of my life. 

I was entranced in all things crypto for the next few months. I couldn’t eat. I couldn’t sleep. The market was a roller coaster. Scalping, trading, charts, getting every dollar I could to send into every place that would accept my money. 

I could not stop what I was doing if I tried. At this point, I had no clue what these coins even were and the significance of any of them. The action was intense and it wasn’t even about 1 million dollars. Eventually, I found out, none of it is even about dollars at all. 

Now 2 years later after that frenzy, the dust has settled. I’m still here and have learned a lot. About myself, the system, and life around us. I wouldn’t trade it for anything. We are free rolling from here.