Just published my 11th letter to my son, Reg. Urging him to acquire skills.

Letter #11 – Skills, Skills, Skills – Letters To Reg

It appears not drinking alcohol has become trendy. I've been largely Teetotal for 10 years, but the contrarian in me now makes me want to get blind drunk every night.

You've got to love a sell off that has nothing to do with the fundamentals of #bitcoin. If only I had some fiat lying around.

All my life, I've been late to the party: I became an Airline Pilot 20 years too late. I started an online marketing agency 10 years too late. I started having kids 5 years too late. Which is why I still can't believe I've stumbled in early to #bitcoin and #nostr.

Put your zaps where your likes are.

You don't need to be intelligent. But you do need to be good at recognising intelligence in others. Thankfully over the last Decade I've heeded the advice of intelligent people, and my life is in a far better place because of it.

I need to ween myself off the digital crack of convenience, and start drinking the green tea of online privacy. The transition will be painful, but will save me from a catastrophic end.

The things I'm most proud of have been the things I was terrified to do. Buying #bitcoin was no exception. Many times in 2022 I'd execute large Bitcoin buys really fast so the gut wrenching resistance didn't win over and stop me doing it.

Without #bitcoin I'd be feeling pretty insecure about me and my family' future right now

If you want increased wealth to buy nice THINGS and impress OTHERS, you'll be disappointed when you achieve it. If you want increased wealth to buy EXPERIENCES and CONVENIENCE, you'll be satisfied when you achieve it.

If you want to expose the wild shortcuts your brain makes to fool you into thinking you properly understand a concept, get yourself an inquisitive 3yo child. This week, I've realised I'm really quite dumb, and don't understand much about the World.

Had a sauna with another Bitcoiner last night. He told me he's made $500k from $22k in just 2 weeks on a shit coin called TITS. I started getting a bit of FOMO until I had a cold plunge and realised emotional trading will fuck me. The only rational course of action is #Bitcoin only.

when I see the #bitcoin price run like this, I don't feel anything. it's like I've already played this out (and more) in my head and I'm just waiting for reality to catch up.

Message to myself (and others): The level of contrarianism, conviction and comprehension you had to make your wealth in #bitcoin will be completely overlooked by your friends and family. You will be known as lucky - no different from a gambler who put everything on black at the roulette table and won. You need to be able to deal with that.

my favourite quote of the moment:: "if it's endurable, then endure it. Stop complaining" Marcus Aurelius