04-14-2022, 05:14 AM
How many of you actually invested only what you can 'afford' to lose?
<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>First of all; wether or not you can afford to lose money, losing money still sucks. Let me get that straight.</p> <p>I always thought I invested only what I can 'afford' to lose. I did not need the money at that time and I was working so I had a steady income as well.</p> <p>When prices started dropping I realized I was checking the charts quite a lot. It was the last thing I did before going to sleep and the first thing I did when I woke up. The prices going down were nagging at me a lot more than I anticipated at first.</p> <p>I decided to take out my initial investment and some extra profits if I wanted to go on a vacation with some friends. Since I did that, I barely check the charts anymore and to be honest I feel no stress at all when prices drop.</p> <p>This made me wonder how many of you their mental health truly stays unaffected by the prices dropping and truly invested only what you can 'afford' to lose?</p> <p>Edit 1: I’m trying to reply to everyone but damn you all are going hard with the replies!</p> <p>Edit 2: I agree “afford” to lose is a really ambiguous and weird term. That’s why I put it between brackets!</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Username-Not-A-Bot"> /u/Username-Not-A-Bot </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/u2pg2i/how_many_of_you_actually_invested_only_what_you/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/u2pg2i/how_many_of_you_actually_invested_only_what_you/">[comments]</a></span>Kind Regards R
<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>First of all; wether or not you can afford to lose money, losing money still sucks. Let me get that straight.</p> <p>I always thought I invested only what I can 'afford' to lose. I did not need the money at that time and I was working so I had a steady income as well.</p> <p>When prices started dropping I realized I was checking the charts quite a lot. It was the last thing I did before going to sleep and the first thing I did when I woke up. The prices going down were nagging at me a lot more than I anticipated at first.</p> <p>I decided to take out my initial investment and some extra profits if I wanted to go on a vacation with some friends. Since I did that, I barely check the charts anymore and to be honest I feel no stress at all when prices drop.</p> <p>This made me wonder how many of you their mental health truly stays unaffected by the prices dropping and truly invested only what you can 'afford' to lose?</p> <p>Edit 1: I’m trying to reply to everyone but damn you all are going hard with the replies!</p> <p>Edit 2: I agree “afford” to lose is a really ambiguous and weird term. That’s why I put it between brackets!</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Username-Not-A-Bot"> /u/Username-Not-A-Bot </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/u2pg2i/how_many_of_you_actually_invested_only_what_you/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/u2pg2i/how_many_of_you_actually_invested_only_what_you/">[comments]</a></span>Kind Regards R