It feels like an eternity has passed since I graduated high school, but nevertheless, I still have quite a few vivid memories of those times. I've had some really bad teachers in high school—idiots who put a lot of pressure on us—but I also had a few really good ones, like the Romanian class teacher.
Her class was not the typical type; she always encouraged us to read and draw our own conclusions, to explore and decide for ourselves based on our research rather than following the paths paved by others. During exams, she always incentivized us not to copy from each other by offering us the originality point.
I excelled in her class; I was among the best because I always liked reading, and my work was always very different from the others'. Scooping up the originality point every exam was a no-brainer for me. I guess that still applies somehow to my blogging as well, as I have never tried copying the success or writing style of anyone.
Most of us here are crypto investors. A small percentage of us have managed to nail serious profits during the past bull market, but the majority (myself included) have failed in doing so. I bet many of us have done that because we chose to follow the wrong path of others.
I sure know I did it with DOGE back in 2019 when I swapped my stash of 588,000 coins for something else just because some dude was saying coins like that wouldn't pump anymore. Similarly, now some plebs are claiming that Bitcoin is going to be the clear winner of the bull market, and altcoins won't party like they did in 2021 and 2017.
I recently almost made the same mistake as I did back in 2019. I held a coin for a while; it did a 2X in less than a month already, but last weekend when the great dump occurred, I showed it to a friend of mine, and his opinion was that its graph looked like it was dead. I almost instantly dumped it for something else.
I got FUDed, and that's probably because I was overexposed to a low-cap coin that might look dead, but it could also have insane potential for upside. I bought it back this morning at a premium, of course. I went from FUD to FOMO, and I clearly recognized my old self in this one.
The old self who screwed an entire bull market by jumping from one coin to another. I'm not doing this thing anymore, and I'm not showing anyone my picks ever again...
I'm giving myself the originality and sweat to never be FUDed again. I lost some of the original stash by swing trading the coin, but I still believe the upside potential is insane. If I am wrong, at least I know I made my own decision to be wrong. After six years in crypto, I think I am mature enough to pick my winning bets.
If not, then I deserve my misery...
Thanks for your attention,
Adrian