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@0xAustin - Apr 01, 2024
@ItsAditya your wish is my command.
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@Pixelangelo - Apr 02, 2024
A Very good read.
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@ItsAditya - Apr 01, 2024
was a great read man. thanks for writing this. so many things i can relate myself.

i too was just lucky enough to catch the exact bottom. had the choice to either sell everything and leave crypto or go all in. And i choose going all in.

i recall the day when solana hit $9 and btc below 20k. i was like "fuck this shit, i am going to buy everything with all cash i have. this industry will either 100x or go to 0. If zero, i will have a restart".

for me, development/building into crypto was/is the only source of revenue. crypto (or in particular, DESO) had changed my life's route big time in 2021. I was merely a tier 3 town high school student from India with mere goals. crypto step up everything for me. But the bear market was tough and i doubted if crypto is the real industry for me. That day I accepted and told myself that "this is industry where i will work forever no matter what and be there until this thing becomes everything or zero"

agreed the fact that it's tough to buy in bear and more hard to sell in euphoria season. It's also hard to hold stuff when you buy at bottom. For me, i bought solana at $9. but i sold all at $25. solana was such 20x but i faded it. Luckily still holding all my bags of BTC, ETH, and DESO which were bought at bear bottom.

agreed that having strategy is important. and sticking to it is even harder.

there goes πŸ’ŽπŸ’ŽπŸ’ŽπŸ’ŽπŸ’Ž
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@0xAustin - Apr 01, 2024
Glad you liked it! You're even more all in than me. Income plus investments all in. Respect. Now is the time to do it while you are young! I hadn't even made my first dollar at your age. I was still wasting my time in school...
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@OliverJensen - Apr 02, 2024
Really appreciating you putting this shit out there! So nice to hear other people’s story in crypto
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@100 - Apr 01, 2024
This was super inspiring and insightful. My one key takeaway surrounds discipline. Create your foundations and sticking to it regardless of what happens.

For me, my biggest confounding variable is fear. I get scared easily, make rational decisions, and dis-engage with those foundations. That has always been a mistake.

How do you remind yourself to stick to your gut? Your learnings? Your foundations? It must be hard β€” no one can say it's not, but how?

Like @ItsAditya I also joined DeSo really young (15), and I think at first it really messed with my perception of money. Trying to re-orient myself with reality and REAL financial systems for the long term.
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@0xAustin - Apr 02, 2024
I'm definitely not perfect about sticking to my plan and not being controlled by emotions. I've made so many mistakes. But overall in almost all areas of my life, I am extremely disciplined. From my faith to diet, exercise, my schedule, and pretty much everything else. So I think this does help me maintain discipline with my investments.
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@JohnDWeb3 - Apr 01, 2024
Excellent write up. Read every word and enjoyed it all, well done πŸ‘
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@0xAustin - Apr 02, 2024
Thanks for making it all the way to the end!
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@nathanwells - Apr 01, 2024
Thanks for taking the time to write this! Loved reading your back-story! And thanks to @ItsAditya for making you do it πŸ˜†
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@SwiftD - Apr 02, 2024
Great blog. Always look forward to reading,one of the true gems onchain.
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@0xAustin - Apr 02, 2024
Thank you! Means a lot coming from you. I always enjoy your content as well.
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@webssey - Apr 02, 2024
Great read content! Thank you for being a part of the DeSo ecosystem 🫢
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@BRUNKS - Apr 01, 2024
Great stuff. Appreciate the first hand account of your journey so far. Well done.
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@gawergy - Apr 01, 2024
Amazing read bro πŸ”₯πŸ”₯
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@AngieLuthien - Apr 02, 2024
Thank you for sharing this with us. And I also thank whoever asked you about it, as it has given us such a beautiful and interesting read!
I'm in the first part of your story: I don't know what I'm doing haha.
But reading it has given me calmness and faith, a faith that what I'm doing, if it's important to me, is a positive thing.
So, thank you very much!
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@0xAustin - Apr 02, 2024
We all start somewhere at sometime. It wasn't long ago that I was right where you are today.
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@SWKratom - Apr 01, 2024
Thanks for sharing your experience.
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@Bhagyasri - Apr 01, 2024
Great read. Fascinating to hear the ups and down in emotions and the thumb rules, most of them make sense and are rules I will look to adopt. As we all know this industry follows a cycle. So learning and improving your thinking and strategies is key to success here. So thanks for sharing your journey here so we all can learn.
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@StoryCreate - Apr 01, 2024
Glad you are sharing your experience. I was thinking to invest into crypto and wasn't too sure on it. Hope to be hearing more updates from you soon.
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@houseofseb - Apr 01, 2024
πŸ˜…πŸ˜…
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@carry2web - Apr 03, 2024
Great to read about your experiences with your crypto portfolio.
I studied crypto since 2017 like you.
Made some, lost some (FTX).
Good advice in your blog.
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@audioBoom - Apr 04, 2024
Exciting journey! πŸš€
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@UnPoliticalPrty - Apr 03, 2024
Exciting journey ahead! πŸš€πŸŒŸ
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@MajidSaatchi - Apr 03, 2024
Excited to start my crypto journey! πŸš€
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@5SOSIndonesia - Apr 02, 2024
Excited to start my crypto journey! πŸš€
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@zidacodagiwy - Apr 02, 2024
Exciting adventure! πŸš€
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@bingobongogroup - Apr 01, 2024
Exciting crypto journey! πŸš€πŸ’°
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