02-23-2021, 02:51 AM
My girlfriend doesn't know prices have been tanking today, she doesn't know how much
<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Almost three years ago - when prices where down between 60 and 80% from previous ATHs - my girlfriend asked me to place a bit of her money (nothing massive, just what she was prepared to lose) into crypto. I diversified it for her by spreading it between several relatively "safe" coins. </p> <p><em>I</em>, on the other hand, invested a bit more of my own money. I have been checking the price often, with my funds I tried to time the market, thinking I could outsmart it. I panic-sold low, bought back higher. All the idiotic new investor stuff, I did all of it. </p> <p>I suppose it was a worthy lesson, I wanted to learn to be a somewhat more "active" "investor" (after all, one of us had to be), and so I did. But in the end, the BTC value of my portfolio is just about back to where it would have been, had I just hodled (only because I eventually got lucky, AND learned to be patient). </p> <p>Meanwhile, my girlfriend has never asked me how her investment was doing ever since, or checked the price of crypto. I don't know how she does it. She spared herself all the stress and, you guessed it: her portfolio has performed better than mine. </p> <p>She is the perfect hodler. Be like her.</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/ObjectiveReply"> /u/ObjectiveReply </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/lpobsy/my_girlfriend_doesnt_know_prices_have_been/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/lpobsy/my_girlfriend_doesnt_know_prices_have_been/">[comments]</a></span>Kind Regards R
<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Almost three years ago - when prices where down between 60 and 80% from previous ATHs - my girlfriend asked me to place a bit of her money (nothing massive, just what she was prepared to lose) into crypto. I diversified it for her by spreading it between several relatively "safe" coins. </p> <p><em>I</em>, on the other hand, invested a bit more of my own money. I have been checking the price often, with my funds I tried to time the market, thinking I could outsmart it. I panic-sold low, bought back higher. All the idiotic new investor stuff, I did all of it. </p> <p>I suppose it was a worthy lesson, I wanted to learn to be a somewhat more "active" "investor" (after all, one of us had to be), and so I did. But in the end, the BTC value of my portfolio is just about back to where it would have been, had I just hodled (only because I eventually got lucky, AND learned to be patient). </p> <p>Meanwhile, my girlfriend has never asked me how her investment was doing ever since, or checked the price of crypto. I don't know how she does it. She spared herself all the stress and, you guessed it: her portfolio has performed better than mine. </p> <p>She is the perfect hodler. Be like her.</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/ObjectiveReply"> /u/ObjectiveReply </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/lpobsy/my_girlfriend_doesnt_know_prices_have_been/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/lpobsy/my_girlfriend_doesnt_know_prices_have_been/">[comments]</a></span>Kind Regards R