What Nobody Tells You About ‘Buying Early’

I always wonder if people were like, “if I had bought something (a token) at $1, I would have been rich by now” though I might have even said it once or twice. But let’s be real with ourselves. After looking into it with more eyes and some level of experience, I noticed that Most of us would have sold at $10 or maybe $50 tops. Considering the normal human nature.

I’ve thought about it a lot and honestly, if I were there back then, I probably wouldn’t have held through either. Because the truth is, in those early days, nobody really knew what stuff like BTC would become. There was no DeFi, no NFTs, none of the stuff we now use every day. It was just another risky bet in a sea of random coins.

If someone in 2016 told me that a a particular blockchain token would one day power billion dollar apps, be used in real world payments, and be part of actual finance, i would have looked at them like they were crazy. And that’s why I don’t really vibe with all those “if you bought 1k back then” tweets. People weren’t fortune tellers. We all were just experimenting.

And if I’m being honest, if my 1k had turned into 10k early on, I would have probably sold it. Not even probably, i know it’s a sure thing. Maybe use it to buy a laptop or handle some life things, because at that time, that return would have felt huge. And I won’t even think about the next five years when i’n staring at life changing money in the moment.

So yeah, I had stopped beating myself up about not being early. That mindset doesn’t and cannot help me anyone. What I focus on now is simple. Learn what’s in front of me, take positions I understand, and take profit when it makes sense. And i believe there is no shame in that. This game isn’t about who got in first. It’s about who’s still standing in the long run.

And that’s just how I see it.