I have also learned to try NOT to get too surprised by anything, even while I am ongoingly "I told you"ing folks about where we are at.. and so many of them remain nocoiners.. so I just ongoingly wonder and wonder and wonder when they are going to get in.. are they waiting for $1 million coins or what?
This is a very important thing to cultivate. It has made me generally peaceful through many of the downs (and ups!) of Bitcoin over the years. I cannot say I am 100% cured in this regard, but one of the strange things I have learned over the last decade is to not care about money all that much any more. It really does not fix anything, and most of the things we think it will do for us... it will not.
A kind of side story: yesterday, one of my uncles mentioned something about since I have bitcoin that I am going to be able to do whatever I want when bitcoin reaches $1 million, and I asked why the hell would I personally need $1 million per coin.. I said for rounding off purposes, we could just figure that my costs per BTC are around $1k, and I am wondering if he could even imagine why someone in my position would need any more BTC price appreciation in order to be happy.. why do I give any shits if BTC reaches a million or not? Sure, I hope BTC does not go back below $20k.. and I am even doubting the possibility of that ever happening again, so if we have spot price profits that ends up being around 50x in profits for me and a kind of guaranteed ongoing profits of 20x, then why would I need more than that.... I said that is already amazing profits, and I am not even saying that bitcoin is not going to $1 million.. I said that there still is no other investment that is as good as bitcoin.. even given current market conditions
I said sure, maybe if I buy a helicopter, then my problems could be solved because so many people get rich and they buy helicopters and then they crash their helicopters when they had a lot going for them. .Maybe it is not a good idea to buy a helicopter, then. I had some other frustrations talking with seemingly committed no coiners.. and just seems crazy.. that so many of the no coiners still do not want to budge... when? when? when? I don't know.. they may well wait until we get to FOMO position.. and we are not there, yet.. even though they consider that we are already in FOMO status.. and we are quite likely not.. not yet.
This is one of the most weirdly frustrating things. I have not cast many pearls really, because people do not listen to you, and it's a waste of time. But now and then I try, and it still blows my mind.
I accidentally left a bluetooth headset in a box I handed off to a co-worker. This morning he asked if I could give him my address and he'd mail it. I said, sure, and told him if he gives me a BTC address i will cover more than the postage. "Nah.", He said... "no worries". "Well, just think! If I send you 10-15 bucks in BTC today, it could be worth a lot more in a few years!". "I could only wish that would be true." was his final reply.
I would really like to give him the money. But if he's going to remain asleep then I am not going to waste SATS sending them to a wallet he will not be able to find the keys for when he realizes it is now worth $500. And I will not be able to bear the message I will get... "Hey! How can I get to the Bitcoin you sent me?" You can't. Neither of us can now...
I have another workmate that I sent $5 to in BTC years ago. This one, though I set up the wallet and keep a copy of the seed words myself. Good thing, as I am 100% sure he's lost it, and it's worth 4 figures in USD now. I am not sure what I will charge him to give him the keys later.
It's so weirdly frustrating.
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