Someone to HODL
Hello STEEMIT!
I'm a single mom whose life has come to revolve around my kids and blockfolio. Ok, perhaps it's not quite that dire but it's close. After some, ahem!, interesting experiences with Reddit - which I might write about another time - I stumbled into cryptocurrency and a lot of things changed. For one, I got in right before the December explosion and for a good two months was having crazy thoughts of putting my kids through college easily, paying off my house (this year!), and more. I didn't know much about the tech then, I didn't think it was going to be some get rich quick scheme, but wow that was a wild ride. I didn't know enough to cash out, and I watched all of those gains disappear as quickly as they'd come. Since then, I've been getting educated - on blockchain, on projects, on trading, etc. I work during the day, spend evenings with my kids, study all of this at night, and check blockfolio 100-200 times per day.
Here's something else interesting that's happened --- I've lost interest in dating or, to put it another way, I've lost the feeling that I need to be dating. I've found this community of others who invest in cryptocurrency, but I know no one in real life who does. The more I learn the greater sense of control over the direction of my life I feel like I have (hope that I have?), and the more independent and confident I feel (hope that I'm becoming?). The more I think I can make this work on my own the more I realize I'm really happy with my life right now. Or maybe I'm just putting walls up.
Am I the only one? How does crypto fit into your relationships? Trading 24/7? Making financial decisions many don't understand and some see as gambling? Do the swings affect your mood? Etc.!!!
Mikki
LOL your headline alone got me! I had a similar experience I started buying crypto in ocotber saw massive gains pulled out!
Decided to jump back in for the December rush and then hodl’d too long and lost 65% of my portfolios value so I started looking for other ways to earn crypto and this is how I got into steemit
I work all day as a digital marketer so I’m always at my pc so I can switch between crypto and work at will
At night I blog about crypto on my website, engage in steemit, read up and watch YouTube on new developments and squeeze in some soccer or gyming just to keep me level headed
Anyways good luck on your crypto journey and I look forward to more of your honesty on steemit
Lol... thanks so much for the reply... I work from home, and so it feeds the crypto addiction and added to my becoming pretty comfortable with my own company! :)
Working from home is a whole other ball game and it’s not for everyone you can quickly let yourself go and fall into cabin fever and get way to reclusive
I hope you make it a point to get out of those PJs for the day and get dressed and some days change your surroundings with a visit to a coffee shop or shared office space
I've been working from home for ~15 years, and love it. I'm really not a hermit! I'm just trying to navigate the changes that I've noticed since I started actively trading, since I became less worried about having a partner, etc. Being independent is a dangerous drug...
15 years wow that's some achievement! It just goes to show if you have the willpower you don't need to follow orders at a 9-5 in order to make a living, I know it not for everyone but its great to see people making their own paths. I agree about independence, its not just about releasing yourself of responsibilities or obligations but also your way of thinking completely changes, your apetitie for risk as well which leads to a lot more opportunities
Hey, Do you think its worth it to HODL Bitcoin at the moment? Followed you too
Ah hahahahahaha... disclaimer... you're asking a NOOB! I am hodling, yes. Here are some very honest reasons why: 1. I am LUCKY - not skilled but lucky. I got in right before everything went crazy, and so though I am down a sh*t-ton from where I was in early January I am still up. 2. I have come to believe in the technology, and do think it will go up. 3. I don't need the money I've invested right now, but I did wish I wasn't still using my own funds. 4. The analysts I've come to trust believe it's going up, and have provided what I feel is compelling reasoning.
I am not expecting another sudden rise like we had in December, but you never know. I am expecting more highs and lows, but being in the US I can't short and being still quite new to all of this I'm not comfortable day trading. I am, therefore, riding it out.
What are your thoughts???