Portfolio update:

I bought some more XMR and BTC just now (small amounts). I'm being a bit cautious, in case it falls more.

Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you. - Ovid

Are You Honest With Yourself?

You see a hot girl and you want to ask her out.

You feel scared and you don’t ask her out. You chicken out.

You think to yourself, “I don’t have time for women anyway, I’m too busy with study/work.”

https://lifemathmoney.com/are-you-honest-with-yourself-how-to-spot-a-rationalization/

Never let them feel that you'll never walk away. Power comes from your ability to leave - a captive is always treated unfairly. Be it business or a relationship - you must *at least present yourself* to be willing to walk away if certain standards/thresholds are violated.

The bank is bailed out. The government bails itself out. Your business is shut for a year and goes bankrupt. "We're all in this together." Crypto says no.

The government wants my money in the name of property taxes for property the government doesn't let me use.

He who is overly attached to his family members experiences fear and sorrow, for the root of all grief is attachment. Thus one should discard attachment to be happy. ~ Chanakya

Focus is zero sum. The more tasks at once, the less your attention.

"Poor people are happy. Rich people are working all the time so they all have bad health and don't have any time for their family." = Middle class cope

If you have no long term vision, purpose, and goals You will chase random things that come by You have have analysis paralysis It's important to sit and think deeply about where you want to be in the next 1, 5, 10 years. And let your vision guide your choices.

LOL

No matter who hurt you in the past, fixing you is your responsibility and your burden. Don't expect people who damaged you to save you - they don't care. Move on and live to the best of your abilities, instead of whining about how you've been wronged.

Crying is unmanly. Unless you've lost a family member, problems shouldn't overwhelm you to the point of tears.

"Books are expensive" Fool. A good book is worth at least a hundred times it's price. Books are a real game changer for your thought process. Anyone who reads even 5 books a year can tell you this.

Finally done with the first of the three ETH videos

Teaching is much harder than it looks. You have to hold back complexity and proceed in a simple flow so people who know nothing can follow what you're saying.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wtgYXnkur0

Last year you said you'll start tomorrow. Last month you said you'll start tomorrow. Yesterday you said you'll start tomorrow. Today you don't feel like it so you'll start tomorrow.

"You have the power to speak ill of me, but I have the power to do ill to you." - Cleomenes, a King of Sparta

When someone inquired for what reason the Spartans drank so little, the King Leotychidas said "So that others may not deliberate over us, but we over others."

The primary purpose of food is to give you clean energy. The secondary purpose of food is to make your tongue happy. You get fucked up when you reverse the priorities.

If you've been dumb enough to be telling everyone that you made a lot of money with crypto, tell them that you sold it at a loss in the crash. People are going through tough times and you could use less public resentment.