I always tell people thinking about investing the same thing. Only put in the money you can afford to lose. And once you put it in, pretend like you dont have it. You can check on it from time to time, and keep learning about Bitcoin and blockchain technologies, but never put in more money than you can lose. If you do this, then the volatility in the short term wont matter, and in the long term, IMO the price will keep going up as it has since the beginning. Good luck.
I have also added some of my favorite resources to learn more below in case you are interested in diving deeper into the topic.
Reddit:
A multi reddit with some of the best subreddits revolving Bitcoin and crypto currencies -
https://www.reddit.com/user/P3rplex/m/digitalcurrency/Coursera: Princeton Universities Crypto Currency and Blockchain course. Its free and has TONS of great videos. Great place to start.
https://www.coursera.org/learn/cryptocurrencyPodcasts:
Unchained - My favorite and best produced -
https://www.forbes.com/podcasts/unchained/Lets Talk Bitcoin -
https://letstalkbitcoin.com/ (this is more like a channel that has a bunch of different podcast producers shows on it. Some are better than others)
The Investors Podcast, We Study Billionaires -
https://www.theinvestorspodcast.com/ (this one is not only about cryptocurrencies, but has some good episodes about them, like this one
https://www.theinvestorspodcast.com/episodes/bitcoin-mastermind-charlie-lee-tuur-demeester/ )
NPR’s RadioLab - Not only about cryptocurrencies but has a good episode about one of them -
http://www.radiolab.org/story/ceremony/NPR’s Planet Money - Not only about cryptocurrencies but has a good episode about one of them
http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2016/06/29/484029238/episode-708-bitcoin-divided or
http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2017/02/10/514577243/episode-753-blockchain-gangJoe Rogan Podcast - Not only about cryptocurrencies but has a good episode about one of them
http://podbay.fm/show/360084272/e/1390877423?autostart=1http://podbay.fm/show/360084272/e/1473292089?autostart=1Youtube:
1. This guy does a great job explaining all things crypto in an easy to digest way.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCggNMXYug_4DYFWniw7EfjA2. This young programmer does a pretty good job of diving into some topics and easy to understand.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrYmtJBtLdtm2ov84ulV-yg3. Andreas Antonopolus’s youtube channel, this guy is a well versed Bitcoin advocate that has a shit ton of talks about a variety of topics surrounding Bitcoin, and although the quality is not great, he does a good job of explaining it.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJWCJCWOxBYSi5DhCieLOLQ4. This guy produces videos daily and since he is in England, they are up prior to you waking up. Some higher level topics and news.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLnQ34ZBSjy2JQjeRudFEDw