turned $3k into $40k in one cycle. gave it all back and then some. writing this two years later

i was 24 and i thought i understood the market. to be fair i got some things right early. but "getting things right early" in crypto just means you got lucky in a bull market, and there's no way to know the difference in the moment.

when my portfolio hit $40k i thought about taking it out. i didn't. i told myself it was still early and i could grow it more. the next three months were not kind.

the part i think about most: when i was up, i could have paid off my student loans and had money left. i would have been materially in a better place than before i started. instead i chased the next level.

not going to pretend i've learned everything from this. i still trade. but i take some off the table now. the version of me who didn't do that was playing a game he didn't understand with a timeline he couldn't sustain.

if you're sitting on a gain right now and asking whether to take some — take some