Thanks to that unknown friend who told me about airdrop back in 2018 and eventually i got familiar with this forum to expand my crypto related knowledge. BTW, just like OP, i get financial freedom after getting in-dept information about bitcoin and blockchain. Also, bear market left so much pain in my life, but never give up as bitcoin will always be on uptrend move.
Now i am happy trader where i am holding gems like kcs , aave , uni , btc. Ltc, Ether , bnb .
My second phase started just after the biggest airdrop of Uniswap and happy to be a yield farmer now. Though i trade some coins/tokens according to major events, not like hodling everything for long run. But BTC, ETH, UNI, KCS and BNB is also on my portfolio to hodl for longer timeframe as those have so much potentials, IMHO.