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This is a rough cycle. Mentally as far as I'm concerned we haven't had a a bull market since 2017. 7 years of meaningless chop ....as always there's light at the end of the tunnel, but just when I think we're reaching the end, we round another corner.

Not sure if other hodlers are like me, but I find it difficult to live in the moment. I do my best, but it's almost as if my life is on hold until we have a raging bull market. There are places I want to travel, a home I want to build, but instead I'm stacking and waiting, and the years are going by.

My first child was born around the last bull market, I've spent the majority of their life obsessed with bitcoin, stacking sats, and waiting for our "real life" to start. I still think I've been a good husband and father, but I know I could be better. Unable to ever fully be present, that nagging hope of a better future always in the back of my mind.

As bitcoin cascades down today in yet another liquidation wick, I can't help but reflect on the past. Perhaps we're all destined to be Moses, wandering the desert for 40 years, the imperfect saviors of our individual tribes. We'll be remembered, but only our children will ever reach the promise land. Could be worse I suppose. I still don't think that's very likely, I think we very well might be rounding that final corner of the tunnel, but I'm trying to come to terms with the fact that that might not be true. Perhaps there's another 33 years of wandering.
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Elwin Ransom · 83w
Great articulation
ivycharcoal · 83w
Feel it man… I need some cash and I’ve been waiting for the right moment. Now I’m kicking myself because it just keeps going lower. Here’s hoping a nice rally will occur soon.
Ivan · 83w
Hang in there, man. Hodling is no joke, especially if you watch the price daily. The 2020 Covid panic drop was a gut punch for me. I thought we had turned the corner. I was ready to stop renting and buy a place in PR. I tend to hold most of my value in BTC. Well, everything turned out alright a year...
BoomTown · 83w
Great post. Right there with ya.
Eric Brown · 83w
Keep being patient man it’s all going to happen for you
cyanoctopus · 83w
Beautiful post, great replies, what a nice group of people. Can't imagine better brothers and sisters to wander the desert with. Come what may you guys... amazing life!
Irrepressible · 83w
It's the climb that keeps us alive..... nostr:nevent1qqs90h0t99d0m4kg9upc8ccdrqzljhwx5vdhf8fvu8clevp450z70aqppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qgsp4lsvwn3aw7zwh2f6tcl6249xa6cpj2x3yuu6azaysvncdqywxmgrqsqqqqqp54dtmq
pietre · 83w
Sometimes I feel the same but then I realize that I have a beautiful family, I'm healthy, I have a roof over my head and food on my table. There's nothing I value more that the time spent with my wife and son. I think that's another hidden feature of Bitcoin, the normies think it's a get rich quic...
Morpheus · 83w
this post and all the replies and likes...holy fuck.
dern · 83w
respect for putting this out there, brother. sometimes its healthy to take a step away from our passions (even bitty) and take stock of what we have, and where we want to go. much love to you, your wife, and children. you have so much my friend! all the best!
JDizz · 83w
Couldn’t share the same sentiment any harder. Keep stacking. And remember, if our lives never get to reach the starting line, at least our kids and their kids will reap the rewards of our steadfast hodling. Rock on brother 🤘🏽
celestal · 83w
Cheer up, global liquidity is increasing, fiscal dominance will force monetary inflation and dollar is getting weaker, ie. bitcoin ngu. Like nostr:npub1a2cww4kn9wqte4ry70vyfwqyqvpswksna27rtxd8vty6c74era8sdcw83a says it best, "Nothing stops this train."
Chris · 83w
https://primal.net/e/note1grkcxx60s6qv0uhehx8rmmpanqjh5jqc3rpnxpskamj4sk6y4wysyxfm5p
Dave🐸 · 83w
Not about price. https://m.primal.net/KhbK.jpg
The Daniel 🖖 · 83w
Zoom out. Remember that you are part of a still tiny group of psychopaths who even know what the price of bitcoin is on any given day let alone year. Walk around any city or town and ask yourself how many of the people around you have even the slightest clue what money really is. And realize that yo...
Galetaire · 83w
Nobody will get rich with bitcoin. That train is gone. Bitcoin is mature enough now, its capitalization process is done. From now on it will still deliver double digits growth, being better than most assets in the market. But that's it. Save what you can in bitcoin and live your life.
⚡️Bitcoinia (Bitcoin Art) · 83w
Now you've noticed I think its practical to add in some things to look forward to which aren't BTC related. I also feel like this sometimes.
Pōhaku · 83w
I just read your bio and this doesn’t add up. The bio sounds gangster and this sounds sad. 😊
AHWhite · 83w
it is a bit deflating. I sometimes feel the same way. But seeing for how long you've already been invested, you've been through worse. It's all a matter of perspective. I have a friend who is just in the middle of his first 4-year tour...he is ~2x up on his investment, yet he is pessimistic about hi...
PHILIP · 83w
For me, I hope that we have some time before the rage starts, cause I‘m pretty new here. I hope you find your peace with the present, since there is no such thing as tomorrow …… which is easier said than done, obviously.
markonyte · 83w
we're going to be at 500k by next year pussy. Hold on to your durags
Fred Johnston · 83w
Read more books on money, history, Bitcoin. It shores up your conviction and clearly allows you to see through the bugs on the windshield (long term thinking). The bugs distract most people (daily movement of Bitcoin). When we are young it's very hard to work for the future - our time preference is...
sowack · 83w
I studied precious metals since 2010. I didn’t really hear about Bitcoin until 2014, but didn’t start studying it until 2020. One thing I learned about myself is to truly grok precious metals (and Bitcoin for that matter) it requires a shift in how you view things. Paradigm shift. I like to thi...
Bitcoin Boomer · 83w
I like the quote from nostr:npub17u5dneh8qjp43ecfxr6u5e9sjamsmxyuekrg2nlxrrk6nj9rsyrqywt4tp that "Bitcoin is not a get rich quick scheme, but a not get poor slowly scheme". We're all in it for the long haul. Over a multi-year horizon, it's hard to find anything else that can show the growth Bitco...
Mind the Block · 83w
We haven't had a bull cycle since 2017? I don't think I can agree with that.
Niko 📚 Konsensus Network · 83w
I have made my peace with the likely scenario that none of us alive today will be there for hyperbitcoinization. Wielding bitcoin is infinitely more important than Hodling. Your time is more scarce than anything, so spend it wisely. Spend it with your family and accumulate skill capital that you can...
Niko 📚 Konsensus Network · 83w
Wrote about this recently: https://primal.net/e/note15z3pk2hlx08cl8trzgwx6nys0jql4xq8swppcl76t7csgepqyx8s5gdw0s
Henny B · 83w
My gut tells me that we're in another manufactured FTX like bull run suppression followed by a crash into the next bear market. My gut could be wrong but the more I learn about the ruling psychopath class the more I believe that they do not want a bunch of peasants becoming rich enabling them to...
Bender · 83w
Hang in there bro. Don’t get held up on the insane gains of 2017. I think this year is like 2016, the 2017 type gains are for next year but probably no wear near as much % gains. We may never see such a run ever again Fucking hell we are in a good situation compared to this time last year. S...
Auxmos · 83w
I appreciate the raw and deep note here. 🤝 The Exodus from Egypt to the Promised Land was originally supposed to take around 11 days based on the direct journey from Egypt to Canaan, but the journey took 40 years due to the Israelites' disobedience and wandering in the wilderness. We may be the...
FEW_BTC · 72w
Just reread this... I hope you and your family have a great Thanksgiving! https://m.primal.net/MfkM.png