Flashback to the Summer of 2017.
I bought a bit of Bitcoin and ETH in January, but like anyone else - it was easier to have more conviction as the price went higher.
Aped in a little more than $20K by late May around $2,600 (because of the Consensus pump obviously), and watched BTC run a bit higher... before it dumped down to $1,800 a month later.
I was on the bus to a YoungLife camp and remember how much of an idiot I felt like when we were (ironically) stopped at a McDonald's to grab some lunch and I looked at the price.
I hadn't ever experienced that type of a loss in something I had invested in before.
Shortly after, Bitcoin continued to run higher on its way to $20K.
I've had plenty of other experiences like this over the years - but lesson here is over the years the price of Bitcoin that doesn't feel good in the moment will look like an ABSOLUTE STEAL if not free years down the road.
Wish I would have aped everything I had during some of those early dips and locked it away in cold storage. You'll probably wish you did the same if you stick around for long enough.
I can remember so many times throughout the course of the last nine years that I've been plugged into this space that Bitcoin felt dead or boring or hopeless relative to what was happening somewhere else.
And every single time, steadily stacking more BTC was the right move.
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