Finding Out About Crypto Ruined My Life

Let me preface this by saying that as someone with an engineering degree I’m a complete idiot.

I learned about crypto while I was in college in 2017. Funny enough my classmate told me about bitcoin in 2015 when it was $400 and I laughed it off as broke college kid. Anyway, 2017, I became obsessed and I had my phase of telling everyone I knew about crypto and that they should buy.

I managed to turn a few hundred bucks into 10 grand. As someone who’s been a lazy procrastinator my whole life this new thing was my golden ticket out of needing to work ever again. Of course I didn’t sell anything before it disappeared.

By 2020 I had almost forgot about my bag. By 2021 I felt like a genius again and “knew” I was right. I still never pulled out cash, if I sold, it was to buy other coins and you know how that went. It’s 2025 now and I’m tired. I’m tired of what crypto has done to my mental health.

These crazy crypto swings have made it so I’m entirely not grounded with money. What’s $500 when we’re seeing $5k swings (and never selling, just eating poopoo).

That’s not even the best part, because don’t forget as lazy person the idea of one day becoming a crypto millionaire (so hopeful) is a great way to kill your career ambitions. Now here we are, crypto is finally gaining some traction in the real world and I’m not a millionaire no where close, my job is shit, and I got a ton of debt.

Don’t be like me. Don’t romanticize your gains. Work hard in your life as if crypto is going to zero. I’m sure many of you will think this nonsense doesn’t apply to you. It does. Anyway I welcome the chat to shit on my and/or make me feel better. Thanks.