Powering Steem up was the worst decision in my young crypto carreer. Waiting 13 weeks and only being able to watch your investment melt is pure horror in this fast paced market. With all my other investments I could go into Tether and just watch the market crashing until I go in again. Not so with Steem. Lesson learned. I will never again power up my Steem.
I know by now, that HODL was only invented by whales to get the money of the stupid masses.
Anyway, when I'll invest again in the future, I will only do it short term and in blockchains with real purpose like TRON and EOS.