One of the biggest lessons from last year: if you're sitting on a 5x gain, it means nothing, if you don't "take the profit", especially if the underlieing is as volatile as Bitcoin
Jake Woodhouse
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I am a parent
I am a problem-solver
I am not defined by my portfolio value
Last night, as I struggled to sleep, the only thing that actually calmed me was when I started thinking about God
A higher power
Whatever journey this is that I am on, as I released myself to the experience, my nervous system responded with a knowing
Youโll be totally fine
This to shall pass
The more time that goes by, the more open I become
I would never have guessed this
You are not your money
Bitcoin is 45% off it's ATH in Oct 2026
My net asset calc shows 60% off ATH in Jan 2026
Why?
- Bitcoin has drawndown
- I've re-allocated to RE (an expensive process)
- we had higher than expected expenses last year
- we had a load of fun spending some gains
But today, ooft, my net asset calc is very similar to 2023, so it's gone backwards in terms of the fiat denomination
Hard one to take
Barely slept last night in fact
So, today, I am taking action, not surrendering
A new short-term plan must be made
The planned renovation altered
An updated strategy to keep up momentum
No-one said this stuff was easy
Trying to step into my better self of the future
Let's go!
Learning the hard way
Bitcoins fiat volatility is very hard to manage fixed capex requirements
This move down has really caught me off guard
My fault
My lesson
Some hard decisions need to be made
And tricky conversations
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How does Nostr make you "feel"? What is exciting with Nostr? Why build with it?
So interesting chatting with people actually building on Nostr
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Went boxing for the first time in 6 weeks this morning
Really is good fun
So hard
Heart beating away
Humbled by how good others are
A good way to compress some over-confidence
Whilst simultaneously a good way to build confidence
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If I was a momentum trader
The Gold > Bitcoin trade right now sounds on point
What if Bitcoin has sniffed out a turbulent time ahead for all markets?
Stealth QE is already happening