I got into crypto the same way I feel like a lot of people probably did, where I had heard about it for a while but never really paid serious attention until people around me started talking about it like there was actual money to be made. It wasn’t even some crazy dramatic thing where I studied blockchain for months or had some huge belief in the future of finance or anything like that, it was more like one of my friends mentioned they had made a little money on something, then another person said they had been buying some coins too, and after hearing it enough times I finally started looking at it like maybe I should at least try it and see what happens.

At first I didn’t really know what I was doing. I knew Bitcoin was the main one, I had heard of Ethereum, and then after that it was basically just a bunch of names and charts that all started blending together. I remember thinking everything sounded important because every project had some big explanation attached to it, but if I’m being honest I was mostly just looking at the price going up or down and trying to figure out if I was late or still early. Most of the time I didn’t know. I would read a few comments, watch a few videos, see someone saying something was about to run, and then I’d put a little money in just to feel like I was doing something.

Sometimes it worked and sometimes it didn’t. I made a little money here and there, lost some too, and after a while I kind of realized that my experience with crypto was not this massive life-changing thing. It was more like I put some money in, watched it move around, got excited when it went up, got annoyed when it went down, took some out when I felt like I should, then bought back later and wondered why I didn’t just wait. Nothing huge, nothing movie-level, just a normal person messing around with crypto and trying not to be too stupid with it.

I think the funny part is how serious it can feel in the moment even when the actual amounts are not that crazy. Like I could have a pretty normal amount in there and still be checking it like I had my whole future riding on a green candle. I’d open the app for no reason, close it, then open it again like something meaningful changed in thirty seconds. Sometimes I would tell myself I was being patient and thinking long term, but then I’d still be looking at the chart every day anyway.

I’ve had moments where I thought I should just leave it alone and not touch anything, and then other moments where I felt like maybe I should move things around or take profit or buy something else. Most of the time I don’t even know if I made the best choice, I just know I made a choice and then had to live with it for a little bit. Sometimes I took money out and felt smart because it dropped later, and other times I took money out and then watched it keep going up and felt like an idiot. That’s probably just how it goes.

I’m not one of those people who can say crypto made me rich or ruined my life. It has just been this weird side thing I keep checking on. I put money in when I can, take some out when I want, sometimes I hold, sometimes I sell too early, sometimes I buy too high, and sometimes I get lucky and pretend like I knew what I was doing. I don’t really have some big strategy beyond trying to not overdo it and trying to learn as I go.

I still think there’s money to be made, but I also think it’s easy to get caught up in the idea that every move has to be perfect. For me it’s been a lot more boring than that. It’s mostly waiting, second guessing, checking prices, reading people argue, and hoping whatever I bought doesn’t immediately dump after I buy it. Some days it feels fun, some days it feels pointless, and most days it’s just kind of there.

I guess that’s really all I wanted to say. I got into crypto because people around me showed me you could make money, I tried it, made some, lost some, kept messing with it, and now I’m still here doing the same basic thing. Nothing insane, nothing inspirational, just trying to make a little money and not get completely wrecked.

Good luck to everyone holding, trading, waiting, or just messing around like me. Hopefully we all make some money.

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