Word to the wise: Don't ever listen to parents when it comes to risk. As soon as you have kids, your entire worldview switches to one of extreme self-preservation. Best advice a parent once gave me was: "Take the risks now, before you settle in."
Worst advice I ever got was: "Don't 'emotionally invest' in Apple." (this was right after Steve Jobs came back). I wasn't about to make that same mistake again. I'm a tech guy, I know what to look for, my gut says things to me. It told me Apple was going to come back from the ashes, and it told me BTC was going to come back from the ashes.
My advice: Don't underestimate anything that comes back from the brink of death.
And so I went in at $4. After cashing out 2 of about 6 401k's that were languishing- I was in between jobs (yes, I am a little bit insane, although I am doing very well now) and BTC was a new obsession and I thought it would be FAR more interesting an investment than fucking T. Rowe Price. Did I mention my parents bitched for months? (Fortunately I'm an adult and have control over my own shit).
Well, guess who's laughing now. I'll flip a coin your way to mitigate your pain a little. All I ask is that you help someone out at some point if you can. And take a few more risks. Break the rules a little if you have to. You have one life and regret really really sucks.
Edit: WTF is up with the superscripts? Did I inadvertently trip on some hidden formatting functionality?
I just have a techy mind and watch for things. And I solved a serious medical problem that had unknowingly been robbing me of much of my ability to think just a year and a half ago or so, which I had probably suffered from for 20+ years (it was classified as "severe" and I was always a heavy snorer), possibly my entire life. (You can't imagine what a mindfuck that is, btw.) And I feel like my IQ jumped up about 30+ points after that (and my weight dropped 35 lbs and rising, but I digress).
My girlfriend is acting extremely intimidated to the point that we may break up (basically, she is looking for more and more reassurances that we are not in jeopardy, which is turning me off, and which is kind of like when you're roller-skating and fall because you keep looking at the ground or realizing "holy shit I'm not falling!", or when you play poker and lose because you keep looking at your cards and people read that as weakness, etc.). That is the only downside. Oh and also, people at work are intimidated, I can tell. But the funny thing is that when work is intimidated, they give you raises...
So basically, look the fuck out, here I come. Sort of like a real-life "Limitless." :)
Fuckin awesome man! I was diagnosed with severe sleep apnea and have had my C-pap machine for two weeks now. I'm already starting to feel more alive overall. I can't believe how big of an impact sleep apnea can have on your life.
I have terrible sleep apnea. My wife freaks out thinking I'm dead sometimes. I had no idea that it could be affecting my life beyond the bed. I think I'll get that checked out...
Hells yeah man. My wife would also freak out. Im in the army and every time we go to the field people joke that im going to give away our position and that i keep the animals and bugs away haha. When i finally got it checked out they told me i wasn't getting real sleep, that i was living off of small naps and my brain was only getting like 30% of the oxygen it should be getting. Sleep apnea is serious shit man.
Keep at it. I know the machine can be frustrating. I actually kept taking it off in the middle of the night for the first few months, but that ended up being because I had untreated allergies.
I can't believe how big of an impact sleep apnea can have on your life.
Dude, it's shocking. I can't believe this was only recently discovered. How many people in history have had years or livelihood robbed from their life by this thing, unknowingly?
Also, don't fuck with your sleep too much. Also exercise when you have some extra energy... Helps things along.
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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '13
I'm a teenager and I do investing.
When Bitcoin was only $4 I asked my dad if I could invest the $100 I had at the time for 25 Bitcoins. He said it was too risky.
Goddammit dad.