You were right! Why is that scaring you?

You predicted this day. You saw the big picture problem and the big picture solution. You told everyone who would listen, which was a small percentage, and those that DID listen are eternally grateful to you. You defended your beliefs against the ignorant naysayers, and now the world seems to be coming around. And NOW you're doubting yourself? Your weak hands have been strengthened over the relentless ups and down of the roller coaster to the point where you fists tighten at the first sign of trouble. You're calm through the harshest surprises and even double down while everyone else is in a panic. But have you learned to maintain your stranglehold when the moon is in your crosshairs?
It hasn't been all that long since you dreaded little 1% price increases because you weren't finished accumulating yet. You didn't need the graph to validate what you already knew. You just needed the time to stack and stack before the graph flew to the inevitable heights that you once dreamed of. You told yourself not to, but you laid in bed playing with the calculator on your phone. What would my stack by worth if there were 30 days of 5% growth. X 1.05 = = =
Holy crap that's a lot of money. And I don't even feel like that's such a ridiculous leap to make. Hell, look at what ether has done in the past 12 months.
Now, the not so 'pie in the sky' fantasies are coming to fruition and you feel like you've got a stomach full of boulders. You see your Coin Cap graph dancing up and down by an entire month's mortgage and you almost long for the days of $800 btc. "Am I stupid? Is this a bubble? I wanted to cash out yesterday, but it's still climbing up. Is this that greed part of the graph just before an epic collapse? But then again, we all predicted $3,000 this year. Maybe we're just right on pace with the new trend. No. That's loser talk. I don't want to be a bag holder. Oh, damn, it just jumped up by another mortgage payment. I don't need life-changing money, I just want to be a little less stressed. Maybe I'll just take out half."
It's funny how these times can cause us so much more stress than even a decline will. This is supposed to be the fun part! You're playing with house money now!
Pause from your nervous ticks for a minute and soak in that you were right. This is just about what you would've predicted 6 months ago. Ok, maybe no Ripple, but still. Now consider the guy who sold his btc at 98 cents because he just couldn't fathom a digital currency surpassing the almighty dollar. He lost sight of the big picture. That dollar is to be escaped, not to chased after like a trash bag in the wind. I promise, there will be plenty of opportunity for trash bags. That guy who sold at 98 cents hasn't been sitting around basking in the glory of his 5X return on investment. He's thinking, "Damn. I knew better. I knew better and I sold out for a new car (that's anything but new now), a trip to Mexico (that gave me food poisoning and lost luggage), and a hover board. Where is that hover board by the way?"
He's thinking, "If I had just left it and forgotten about it through all the dips and climbs, my life would be so different right now. Why couldn't I just put in a few bucks towards the stack every paycheck and leave it alone?"
When things were calm and you were thinking rationally about the big picture, you knew all the answers. You foresaw this doubt coming in other people's futures and you laughed at the idiots. How could they be so short-sighted? Yet, here you are. You're on the verge of becoming a FOMO just to avoid being a HODLer. Sell now, and that next spike will have you buying back in at a loss. You won't be able to resist it. You'll check the graphs every time you sit down to crap, and you know you'll have some FIAT lying around because you tried to pick the top.
$10 Billion market cap. Hooray.
$50, 60, 70 Billion market cap and you can't handle this anymore. The world is finally seeing what you've been trying to share with them for years, and now you're doubting. Oh, now EVERYONE is going to the moon? This is getting scary. I don't want to go to the moon anymore. Just drop me off wherever. It's just too much right now.
It's like your test is identical to the study guide you've been memorizing all week and for some inexplicable reason you lose your sh*t. "Oh no. It's a trick. This can't be good. Even the answers are the exact same. Something doesn't feel right. I'm gonna cheat off that kid who always makes a C. I'm ok with a C. Nothing wrong with that. At least I'll graduate."
We all know that past performance doesn't dictate future results, but it's still our best indicator. Judging from those early days, does this feel like the end of a bubble? Yes CNBC is starting to cover it, but that's not our only indicator. People aren't maxing out credit cards and taking out loans to grab up a "sure thing". Besides, the "crashes" always land higher than we started, and make their way all the way back up again. Focus on what you know. It's a terrible idea to try and pick the top.
There are more people joining into this financial revolution than ever before. And the rate of new membership growth is climbing just as fast as your coin cap graph. Coinbase alone, despite their webcam verifications and red tape policies, now has 7 million users. They're adding 100,000 new ones every few days. Multiply that out to all the exchanges and recall that we're dealing with 21 million total supply. (probably more like 20 million or less at this point). THAT'S why you need to fight that heavy feeling in your gut. Forget upgrading your tv or that pair of Jordans you've been eyeing. We're talking yachts and space travel, bitches! So don't become one of those people you used to laugh at. You're not a day trader. You're not a speculator. You're not here for the sole purpose of growing your meager stack of worthless fiat paper. You're saving as much money as you can each month from your 9-5 so that you can buy into this revolution while there's still anyone willing to sell to you. You're a hodler dammit!

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