Selling My Bitcoins In 2016 Was The Best Thing That Happened!
Remorse is a distressing emotion experienced by an individual who regrets actions which they have done in the past that they deem to be shameful, hurtful, or wrong. I sold my BTC in 2016 and it obviously sucks to know that I would've had $290,000 worth of Bitcoins if I would've cashed out today instead..
That money would've made my life so much easier. I could've bought an apartment, cash. I could've paid off my student debts, bought myself an amazing car, travelled around the world (when Covid-19 is over) for months or whatever. That amount of money is more money than I have ever had and it stings a bit to know that I could actually have had that insane amount of money in my wallet if I had kept my crypto..
However, instead of dwelling about what could have been, I focus on today and the future. I support, treat and help people with mental illness. Many of them are suicidal. Many of them want to end their lives for various reasons. I tell them each day that there is no need to dwell on the past and I try to keep them motivated and find something they want to live for. I encourage them.
While there are many factors that can influence a person's decision to commit suicide, the most common one is severe depression. Depression can make people feel great emotional pain and loss of hope, making them unable to see another way to relieve the pain other than ending their own life.
It's horrible, real and definitely nothing to joke about.. But the truth is that most of my patients have some sort of financial problems. Some of them have lost their jobs. Some of them are gambling addicts. Some of them can't work due to their mental illness so they lack income.
$290K could easily change a person's life, some more than others, but $290K matters in every part of the world. That amount of money is something that could change the entire life for a lot of people.
I cashed out $290K worth of BTC in 2016, when Bitcoin was worth about 650 USD.. I have met people who've been ready to commit suicide for a fraction of that amount.
Many people around me, who knows the story of my life, have asked me if I regret my decision and I keep telling them no, and none of them seem to believe me.
Today, I want to openly talk about this and tell you the reason for me to not dwell on the past and how I continue to be positive despite "losing" ~$290K USD.
I cashed out more than 5 Bitcoin between 2016/07/22 and 2016/09/21. That's 5+ BTC in 2 months. I joined Steemit in July 2016 which is how I was able to get my hands on Bitcoins for the first time.
Long story short, I had heard about cryptocurrencies and more specifically Bitcoin dozens of times before I eventually joined Steemit, but I had very little knowledge and zero experience.
I also didn't know how things worked and was just looking for an easy way to generate an extra income. Regardless of the amount of money I made. Steemit was extremely easy. I just published content and had a decent shot of making extra money. That was the only thing I cared about. I also didn't believe that it would last for long so I was just looking to cash out as much as possible.
Between working full time with my brand building business I started to "blog and earn" on Steemit and I had great results. I earned several hundred dollars for my contributions and I cashed out everything I could because I didn't care about how it worked. I didn't spend a single second trying to figure things out. I was only in it to cash out as much as possible, so I did.
My first ~2 months on Steemit, I made more than 5 Bitcoins worth of Steem and I was happy to cash it out immediately. I could treat myself something extra and it was really cool to have a "side business" that seemed to be more lucrative than my main business I spent 18 hours on day with.
With time came experience and more knowledge. The price of Steem declined, my rewards declined but I was still active because I had started to understand things. I had started to see the potential and how great of an opportunity I had been given. I could help people living on the other side of the world with a single click of a button and that is what has always been a huge thing for me. Helping others.
Fast forward to this day and I have a somewhat decent resume. I have co-launched and launched various projects and initiatives in attempts to strenghten the community. I have delegated all of my own powers to others in attempts to distribute tokens in a greater fashion, I have tried to make deals with powerful whales and I have always tried to "fight for the lesser accounts" so to speak.
I have pushed people to greater heights, I have encouraged people to stay when they've been ready to give up. I have inspired people with a wide range of personal stories and even though I have been close to give up multiple times during these 4.5 years, I have kept coming back.
I do that because of my beliefs, the potential I saw- and still see and I do that for others as well. I want to motivate people and show others that you can push yourself forward no matter what.
Fast forward even more and we're sitting here today with Hive and communities like LeoFinance.io. The potential I saw in the early stages has changed to the better. It has become more interesting and we've just scratched the surface so far. I would never have believed that we would have Hive today if you had asked me 4 years ago. I would never have imagined having LeoFinance paving the way for other communities and I would definitely not have imagined something like #projectblank.
With all these things said, money is- and will always play a major role and even though I definitely joined for the money, I stayed for other reasons. I am still not a crypto-expert or a blockchain-guru and I will never be, but I stayed for the engagement, the potential and the wonderful people.
I stayed because I could easily see how important a platform like this is- and will be in the future. It feels like we've started to move closer towards the potential I first saw, and we will move beyond that as well..
I am sure that Hive has the potential to change many people's lives and even though we might have a long road ahead of us, that road is something I would've missed if I never cashed out my earnings in the early days. If I never had cashed out my earnings, I wouldn't have known how you buy & sell cryptocurrencies. I wouldn't have been moved and inspired by so many stories and I wouldn't have met so many awesome people.
I wouldn't have been on LeoFinance and I wouldn't have seen Hive at all if I didn't cash out every single token I could when I arrived. Those earnings were the first thing that convinced me to stay, because it proved that this was a real thing.. Those earnings are obviously long gone by now, but I still have a very dear memory of those first crypto-tokens I managed to earn by sharing content online.
I am grateful for all the support I have been given and I am truly thankful for the amazing opportunity I have been given, but most of all, I am thankful for selling my earnings and that I realized how powerful something like this is- and will be for people in the future.
I have no regrets at all.
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