Hey Luke, thanks for helping people focus on long-term goals and not letting fear take over. One key point from your post is:
If this is your first bitcoin roller coaster ride, make sure you have your seatbelt on and strap in.
We need to remember "our why." Our why is what directs us to make decisions for today and in the future.
Absolutely correct! So many people have never really done the work to understand why cryptocurrency matters to the world and why so many people will come to value it. With that in place, with rational, first-principle reasons to support our conclusion, we can avoid all this drama as temporary fluctuations on a much larger scale.
Yes indeed . I concur.
Based off of your previous experience @lukestokes it's safe to say beginners out there like myself should not sell. Your previous experiences show that one has not lost any value until they have sold during a dip.